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A10579	A lytle treatise after the maner of an epystle wryten by the famous clerk Doctor Vrbanus Regius, vnto a specyall frynde of hys wherin he declareth the cause of the great co[n]trouersy that hath bene [and] is yet at this day in the chrysten relygyon and also the dyuersyte betwene the ryght worshyppyng [and] seruice of God and the ceremonis inuented by mannis institucion, very fruteful and profytable.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, artist.	1548 (1548)	STC 20849; ESTC S115824	20,519	56

her selfe fynde oute knowe or shewe this waye to euerlasting lyfe nor be made ryghteous through any maner of natural strengthe but that God hym selfe must teache vs the ryght waye to God by the holy goost in his worde and that he him selfe must make vs good or righteous which is done onely by the faith in Christe Shulde mans witte it selfe knowe what is synne what true righteousnes and whiche is the true waye to the kingdom of God or yf man by his owne wysedō shulde knowe the true goddes seruyce than myght also Plato Aristotel Cicero Plinie and other heathen of hyghe excellent wittes haue attayned be ryghteousnes and saluaciō Wherin did they fayle than or what dyd they lacke Answere they were but naturall men and they had no gospell But the nature of man was in Adam so myserably corrupted and blynded through synne that euen in naturall thinges she hath no sure knowledge howe shulde she then attayne to the knowledge of spirituall and eternall thinges As for an example Aristotel knewe none other but that the wytte and discretion of man is suche a perfect lyghte which in euerye point is to be followed as that whiche teacheth the thynge whiche is ryghte and iuste and leadeth to the beste And that anger and ire is not so great a synne but a wet stone of quickenes and fearcenes and that it is not to be blamed what soeuer is in vs of nature as though oure nature were vncorrupte and vngylty Item that the wytte and dyscretyon of man may rule and maystre wrath enuye immodestye pusyllanymitie ryghteteousnes vnryghteousnes and other lyke motions of the soule and that by this rulynge and maysterynge he maye prepare hym selfe to all vertues so that a man thorough his owne wytte maye become meke or gentle towardes men in all thynges measurable strong herted or magnanyme in all aduersytye and geue to euery man that which is right and iust Plyuye was of this opynyon that the soule dyed wyth the body for if the soules shoulde yet all lyue sayth he where shoulde so many soules haue rowme in the worlde Epicurians The Epicurians and their adherentes supposed that God medleth not with the world and that hecareth not what is done here beneth whether it be good or euell but that he suffereth all thinges to go after their inclinatiōs Actu 17. The learned and ingenious heathen at Athenes in Grece toke S. Paules doctrine of the resurrection for a fantastycall dreame Plinius the elder calleth the doctrin of the immortalytye of body and soule bablinge of chyldren Plinius the yonger and Suetonius cal our holy catholyke faith Iohn 3. a newe sorcerous supersticion What knewe Nicodeme a hygh learneth Pharysee amonge the Iewes of the regeneracion To be brefe the witte of man with his lyghte and the doctryne of Christe 1. Cor. 1. are so farre vnlyke that Paule i. Cor. i. sayeth That the wisdome of man iudgeth the Gospell to be foolyshnesse Nowe the aboue named wise men haue studied and sought with all their powers to knowe highe thinges of God of mā but what heue they gotten Is not their sainges great blindenes It may be felt ryght well that nature doth neither vnderstōde nor yet conclude in the harte any truth or fu+ / enes in godly matters She waxeth ydle and vayne in her ymaginacions and her vndiscrete harte is darkened Whan she counteth her selfe wise she becometh folisshe as Paule sayeth Rom. i. What nede many wordes seinge the scrypture speakinge of Adams sonne affyrmeth that he laith in herte Psa 14. Ephe. 2. Rom. 15 1. Tes 4. Rom. 1. there is no God And Paul sayth the heathen that is all they that haue not the worde of God the fayth in christe are wythout God in this worlde And sayth he they knowe not God This is sure that nature is so blynde without Goddes worde that she suffreth her selfe to be treatened that God wyll punisshe synne but she doth despyse it and doth not beleue it She can suffre many good thinges to be promysed vnto her but she carreth not for it she regardeth not God 1. Cor. 2. she taketh it for fables as Paul saith the naturall man that is he that doth not yet truelye beleue in Christe perceaueth not those thinges that belonge to the spirite of God for it is foolishnesse vnto him and he can not vnderstande it for it must be examyned spyrytually Forasmuche nowe as the wysedome of man before he is regenerate and beleuing in Christe because of his naturall blyndenes and vntowardnes knoweth not God feareth him not regardeth him not loketh for no goodnes at his hande nor yet careth for him Marke well howe shulde thē a man by his owne wysdome wyll or possybilitie or through all the power and strenght that he hath frō his fyrst birth be able to come vnto God to knowledge hys synnes to haue repentaunce to ser ue God truly and to become righteous Therfore maye well the wysedome of man imagyne many wayes for to quenche synne and to obtayne righteousnes But they are all Erronious by pathes which leade from God to wardes hel do onely couer the sinnes before the worlde But it is lesse then nothinge auayllable before God for it is mery blindnes and hypocrysye which is enemy to God as both the olde and the newe Testamente declare in euery corner Thus is nowe this a true sayenge whithout anye contradiction that man in godly matters pertayning to saluatiō as howe a man maye be delyuered frō sinne and obtaine mercy serue God be iustifyed and saued by his natural light of vnderstandinge is able to do nothing that is good but is starcke blynde and he must haue a greater lyght from aboue namely the holy goost he it is that muste illumin the harte with the Chrysten fayth loue hope and such lyke giftes of God which Christe the sonne of God hath deserued for vs. Rom. 10 The holy goost commeth by the preachinge of the Gospell which Gospel teacheth howe a man shal be made ryghteous serue God truly and obtaine saluation Marke well Wherfore we must turne our eyes to the gospell that we may learne of God him selfe howe we shall serue him in holynes Thou arte a man yet canst not suffre that thy seruaunt shoulde serue the after his owne minde and braine howe shal than God suffre of vs that euery man wyll serue hym after his owne blynde good intencion Iohn 3. Rom. 5. 1. Ioh. 4. Math. 9 15. Luc. 19. Ioh. 12. 1. tim 1 2 For he hath sent Christe for this purpose that he shulde preache the gospell and declare the wyll of hys father vnto the worlde to thintent that we myght learne what GOD intendeth towardes vs what synne is what vertue and ryghteousnes is and howe we shall be made good ryghteous for to serue God truely to come vnto him Yf our wisdom it selfe knewe the right way of truth and

were wyse ynough of her self in godly matters to what ende then shulde God haue sent Christe the Apostles What nede shuld we haue of the holy scriptures Naye whosoeuer wyll neyther fayle nor erre must nedes loke on Goddes worde euen there no where elles shall he fynde the right truthe and the ryght waye We reade that Christ is the lyght Iohn ● to illumyne the worlde wherof it must nedes followe that she is darke ignoraūt in godly matters And Iohn .xiiij. Ioh. 14. sayth Christ I am the waye the truthe and the lyfe no man cometh vnto the father but by me But what maner of light waye he is and howe a mā may obtayne hym for his owne must be learned onely out of the gospell And Paule saith .ij. 2. Tim. 3 Tim. iij. That the scripture is able to instructe vs vnto saluation Is not this cleare plain ynough that whosoeuer wil knowe the truthe how he shal be saued must learne it out of the scrypture He saith not that he shall folowe hys owne mynde and good intencion Moreouer Moises writeth Deu. xij Deu. 12. that nomā shall do what semeth hī good whiche is as much to say he that will do well be good righteous serue God must learne it of God in his worde and not of his owne wysdome or of menne And Christ sayth Mat. 15 that God is worshypped in vayne wyth mennes preceptes this is spoken playne ynough Yf ye will serue God truely than do it not wyth mennes tradicions for it is in vayne But do it accordinge to the worde of God and than can ye not erre nor do amysse For asmuche nowe as no man by his owne inuented wayes mannes institutions can truely serue God be delyuered from his synnes and be made righteous but muste before all thinges haue Christe to the same We wyll shewe and declare howe and after what sorte the same is done whereby euerye man shal easely perceiue what an Erronious doctryne hath ben preached a great whyle in the Christianitie Therfore note that a man maye be made good and ryghteous after two sortes Marke well First before the worlde euē as a scole-maister kepeth a boye in awe and constrayneth hym weth the rodde and feare of correction to walke regularely and to hurte noman or euen as a magistrate correcteth the euyll doers so strayghtly that the many mē outwardely leade an honeste lyfe for feare of punisshemēt they steale not they kyll nomē they paye theyr debtes they are not ouerous to their neyghbours neyther concernynge his body wyfe nor chylde so that it may be saide they are good honest men suche behaueour and honest conuersacion is good and God doth also require it Therfore hath he in the worlde ordeyned the sworde to the temporall powers Sapi. 6. Rom. 13. 1. Petr. 2 Titu 3. Pro. 20. and. 24. and chastysement of children to thintent that the people maye leade an honest good and stil lyfe not after their owne lustes but that they maye be compelled so to walke that the neighbour maye perceyue it that good peace and outwardely and honest conuersacion maye continue amonge men But yet this is nothynge elles but worke holynes cyuyle policye and wordely ryghteousnes whiche also may be founde well ynough amonge the infydelles which through the lawe of nature in their opinion iudge it good righteous that a man leade an honenest lyfe and conuersacion committe none adultery do no murther steale not lye not and deceaue no man c. to saye for there is no thefe hanged for his thoughtes because he mindeth or intendeth to steale as longe as he doth not accomplysshe the dede But all this is not suffycient before God for he seeth in the harte and wyll that men shall behaue them selues godly in truthe and from the botome of the harte so that the harte mouth and hāde be good ryghteous When is that done Whan ye haue a luste in youre harte to be honeste sober chaste frendlye towardes all men And whan ye haue a lothsomnes and prkesomnes to euil as dronkenes vnclenlynes thefte maliciousnes murther and suche lyke But this is nature not able to do of her selfe Iob. 4.15.25 Psa 14.53 143 Rom. 3. Psal 51. because that the lust of euyll cleaueth so fast vnto vs frō our original natiuite powred into our nature through the fyrste synne in so moch that the scripture doth openly call vs euill peruerse euen from our mothers wōbe Therfore must the harte fyrst be clensed from such vnclenlynes gette pure thoughtes lustes and affections afterwardes may a mā do right good workes than is a man made right good righteous both inwardely and outwardely Nowe teacheth the scrypture that our hart is purifyed by none other thynge but by the true faith in Christe Actu xv Faith commeth by the workinge and illuminatiō of the holy goost Actu 15. by the hearynge of the gospell Rom. x. Rom. 10 Wherfor he that wyll truely be made righteous must purely and syncerely heare and receyue the gospell of Christe or elles he cōtinueth a natural man without grace What is the gospell Marke well It is a predication of Christe what he is and what he doth Math. 9 and .15 Luc. 19. Ioh. 3.12 Roma 5 1. tim 1.2 1. Ioh. 4 Gene. 2. Rom. 6. and .5 as that he was sent from the father of mere loue and fauoure to helpe the synner But howe doth he helpe The synner stycketh faste in synne which he can not amende or put out him selfe he stycketh in death for death is the rewarde of synne Whosoeuer committeth sinne hath after the righteous iudgement of God deserued to dye both temporally and perpetually and to be the deuils owne vnto damnaciō out of which captiuitie noman is able to escape by hys owne power or strēght Man is in such myserable and pyteous case because of his fyrst birth of Adam 1 Co. 15. that he is a synner borne condemned to death and damnation captiue vnder the power of the deuyll in the kingdome of darkenes with body and soule to euerlastinge payne Nowe yf there shulde come a man and paye for the sinne which is deathes stinge and make vs cleane ryghteous destroye the fearfull death make that we myght lyue for euer in body and soule ouercome the deuill make vs fre from his power so that neyther synne deuyll nor death might hurte vs animore were not this well holpen Nowe are not we able to do the same neyther any angell but onely God can do it wyll also do it wherfore he hath sent his onely begotten sonne to become man euen as we a very man in all pointes onely synne excepte which dyed for oure synnes and hath by the onely sacryfyce of his body vpon the crosse and the shedinge of his bloude made amendes for oure sinnes made a perfect satisfaction reconsiled vs to

his heauenly father deserued for vs the holy goost with his giftes he rose agayne from the deade Mat. 23 Mar. 16 Ioh. 20. brought againe lyfe and declared the same vnto vs also commaunded the Apostles to publishe it vntill the last daye to thintent that whosoeuer beleueth in Christe and trusteth to hym for suche a helpe maye take suche a great worke of Christe for his owne be ryghteous and saue mat 3.7 Luce. 3. Therfore is the gospell such a predication which exhorteth euery man to amendement of lyfe and to cease from sinnes which to paye haue cost Christe so much that he dyeth for their sakes And admonisheth al men to beleue in Christe Mat. 11. and to come vnto hym as to the true sauiour of the world which onely can and wyll helpe both tēporally and euerlastingly Ioh. 14. .15.16 Onely in his name and for his sake will God be mercyfull vnto vs forgeue vs all oure synnes and excepte vs for his children that we maye be the chyldrē of God through the fayth in Christe heyres of God and fellowe heyres wyth Iesus Chryste our sauiour for euer Whosoeuer therfore beleueth the gospell of Christe Mat. 16. Ioh. 6 and doubteth not but that Christe is the very sonne of God both God and man that he hym selfe hath puryfyed vs from all synnes Esa 53. and bought vs from euerlastinge death wyht his precious bloude that we lyue through Christe in euerlasting saluatiō is made righteous good For this will the scrypture that the faith in Christ is oure righteousnes before God Rom. 4. Galat. 3 whan we truste to obtayne remyssyon of our synnes and the lyfe euerlastynge not by oure dedes or deseruinges but onely throug the mere mercy and grace of God and the infynyte merytes and great myghtye workes of Chiste Wher as suche a fayth is there followeth a right christen lyfe and ryght good workes Howe be it this faith is the worke of the holy goost he must so illumine our harte that fyrst it may knowledge his greate and many folde synnes aright for the whiche we haue deserued euerlastinge damnation Here must we consyder the intollerable earnest of the wrath of God ouer synne which he so hateth that he wyll not suffre it but punysshe it temporally and eternally And that the sinne is so wicked and greuous that no man can remedye nor clense it but onely the sonne of God of heauen hym selfe through his owne precious bloude Than is the harte abashed and afrayed euen from the botome for the straight iudgement of God and there is raysed a ryght and true repentaunce for the synnes sake after this doth also the holy goost illumme the humble and broken harte with the knowledge of the infynyte mercy of God promysed and geuen through Christe that the harte begynneth agayne to receyue conforte beleueth stedfastely that his synnes are nowe all amended an forgeuen hym through the holsome death of Iesus Christe And that God from thēcefurth wyll be no more a terryble iudge but a mercyfull father for Chistes sake which hath taken vs to him selfe and hath borne our iniquities and made satisfaction for our transgressyons Marke well This is the ryght and true Christen fayth The deuils and false Christians can also reade heare and remembre the passion of Christe But they haue not this lyuely fayth and this trust and confydence in God their harte loketh for no suche comforte and grace at Goddes handes But a Christen man is myghtely comforted of the gospell for he doth affyrme it in his harte to be true and getteth such a stronge and ioyful confydence in God that he trusteth to him as a childe to his father loketh for all comforte and helpe from God in all his aduersityes Mat. 7. he doubteth not but that which the Gospell teacheth is the euerlastinge vndoubted trueth and taketh God to be true in all his promyses and so mighty wyse Esa 49. and .66 Iere. 14. and mercyfull towardes vs that he hath a respect vnto vs and maketh al thynges good howe so euer it goeth with vs that he also alwayes and euery where hath his eyes vpon vs that he kepeth fedeth and defendeth vs euen as a father loketh to his deare chylde and for saketh it not in any necessytye Bryefly a Chrysten man doth surely holde and conclude in his harte that there is vnspeakeably more conforte helpe assystence faythfulnes loue and more goodnes of all thinges by God wherwith he wil helpe vs than any man euer is able to expresse thinke beleue or hope There becommeth than the herte mery in God that it loueth God as a father and lyueth frely with a lust to do good prayeth wyllingely and earnestly helpeth his neyghbour becōmeth an enemye to synne There serueth God mynystreth vnto the neyghbour not onely the hande the tunge and the fete outwardely but also the harte within the body meaneth truely without dissymulation Such a faith and knowledge of God is a high thinge it suffereth not the man to continue as he was before but it maketh him pure and vpryght that he getteth another mynde other thoughtes and lustes than he had before he hath a respect to the wyll of God in all thinges which he doeth and endeuoureth hym selfe to lyue accordynge to the same with luste and gladnes euen as a chylde doth gladly and wyth all his harte accomplyshe the wyll of his father But a seruaunt serueth for wages rewardes for feare of correction vnwillingly lothsomely for he woulde rather do otherwise Therfor it procedeth all of an vnwyllinge seruise harte what soeuer mā doth vnto god with out grace But whersoeuer is the grace of faith that man serueth wyllyngly and gladly in spyrite truth Therfore doth Christ magnifye and anaunce this faith in the gospel very highly for it doth great thinges and bringeth all goodnes It tourneth the harte towardes GOD that it may feare God trust in him loue him and hope in him onely this is the fyrst commaundement It styrreth vp the harte that it doth confydently call to God prayeth geueth thankes laudeth and prayseth the name of God and that it vseth God only to the honor and glory of God this is the seconde commaundement It chaungeth man that he denieth hym selfe and wholy geueth him selfe ouer into the handes of God and suffereth God to rule and to ordre vs as it pleaseth hym suffereth God to worke in vs that we be made a newe creature in Christe and stande in a stedfaste and cōtynuall exercyse of a godly lyfe and serue God accordinge to his worde vnder the crosse in pacience Heb. 12. Prou. 3. Apoc. 3. As they that know ryghtwell that God chasteneth his verely beloued chyldren that he maye make them good and wyll helpe them whā they call vnto him Psa 50. accordinge to his promyse Psalme .l. Call vnto me in the day of trouble and I wyll delyuer