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A15874	A briefe rehersal of the death resurrectio[n], [and] ascension of Christ gathered together oute of ye foure euangelistes and actes of the apostles by the most godly and great learned man Huldriche Zuinglius, written first in Latin, and now tra[n]slated into Englishe, that such as vnderstande not the Latin tongue should not wante the vse of so worthy and profitable a treatise. Perused and allowed according to the order appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions.	Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531.	1561 (1561)	STC 26135; ESTC S106617	105,568	216

be subdued vnder his gouernment wil they or nil they Phalme ex Psal 2. be made his fotestole Whom the King of Kinges and Lorde of Lordes shal bruse with an yron rod shall breake them in pieces lyke a potters vessel shal reigne ouer thē for euer Hitherto sayeth he haue I serued you with most humilitie being put to reproches al kind of euils now is the time present wherin the father wil glorifie me with the same glory which I haue had alwayes without beginning that euery knee might bowe vnto me the whole world might acknowledge me to be their Sauiour by whom the way to god is made open Iohn xvii Philip. ii I haue elected you witnesses of this thing and I sende you into the whole worlde to declare this ioy to al men namely that I descended frō heauen haue ouercome death opened the way to heauen for miserable mortal mē Math. x. taking away death and hell Preach not these thynges only to the Iewes as I charged you fyrste which was to kepe the fidelitie of my promyses but go now to all nations and call them to be companions of my glory whē ye shal preach these things through out the world the vngodly wil set vpō you by diuerse snares and wiles Ye shal be hated of all men for my names sake but be ye of a good courage Iohn xvi I haue ouercome the worlde and in me also shall ye ouercome all your enemies for al power is geuen to me both in heauen and earth I will alwayes be presēt with you and defende you against al inuasions Although I shall now withdraw from you my corporall presence which shall be profitable for you I will yet be with you to the ende of the world with my power with my spirite with my grace This promise is not made only to the disciples but to al beleuers for the apostles liued not to the end of the world This is the greatest cōfort that cā be in aduersitie diligently to cōsidre the power and kingdome of Christ Math. 16 Thei which leane vnto this rocke the gates of hell shall not preuayle any thing against them As my father sent me We must vnderstād that these things are spokē by cōparisō not by equalitie As though he would say My Father sent me to preach to die for the truth doe ye so lykewise But this is the differēce betwene Christs death his disciples death and ours In that Christs death is healthfull to the whole world pacifieth gods wrath for the sins of the whole world so is not his disciples death nor ours Christ was sent of the father to be the saluatiō life of the whole world so were not the apostles sent but to preache this saluation and life to the world He geueth thē the holy ghoste that we might vnderstād that he which wil preach the gospel with a stoute courage hath neede of the holy ghost For mā cā do nothing of his own power onles he be endued holpē by the power frō aboue And he sendeth his ministers not to gape for riches to make marchaundise to seeke for gaine to hunte for glorye to swel in pride to burne in filthie lustes but to preach saluatiō vnto mē The father sent not his sonne after that sort neither studied Christ for such matters He sent him to preach the truth Phillip ii to teache the knowledge true worshipping of God that he taking vpō him that for me of a seruaunt might serue al mē might be obediēt to the father euē to the death of the crosse to take vpō him selfe the hatred reproches of al mē in the middest of these to do good to al mē to saue al mē Let thē then whiche are chosen to the office of preaching follow Christ in these things let not thē do their own wil Iohn 6. but his wil that sent thē Let thē desire of the father the holy ghost to accomplish these things Luke 11. who worketh performeth these things in thē Whose sins ye shal forgeue That which might be spokē impersonallye he attributeth to the persō which is done after the Hebrue manner who speake not seldome that impersonally whiche longeth to the persō againe thei attribute that to the persō which is impersonal But wheras he saith whose sinnes ye shal forgeue it is a periphrasis definition of the gospel for what is the gospel This is the gospel that god the father sent his son to make satisfactiō for the sinnes of mē to forgeue thē the same Why thē he that preacheth remission of sins preacheth the gospel As though Christ would say To whō so euer ye shal preach the gospell if they receaue it thē shall their sins be forgeuē thē For he expresseth the same sentence more plainly in the last of Marke sayīg Preach the gospell to all creatures he that beleueth shall be saued he that beleueth not shall be condempned He that beleueth namely the gospell preached by you Remissiō therefore of sins is geuē to the apostles bicause thei preach that wherby sinne is forgeuē for they preache the gospel or the same Christ or grace of God by Christ wherby sinnes are forgeuē This is therfore the meaning whose sinnes ye shal forgeue that is to whō ye shal preach the remissiō of sins they shall beleue the gospell preached by you vnto thē are their sinnes forgeuen Let vs diligently therfore note this that that is attributed to the Apostles which belongeth only to God For it cōmeth by the holy ghost and not by the preaching or voyce of mā that the conscience of mā shuld be assured that god is his father and that his sinnes are forgeuen and the anger of God pacified But bycause the apostle is the instrumēt by the which god sheweth forth saluatiō vnto men and a certain part as I may terme it wherby God wil haue his grace preached Christ therefore vouchsafeth thus to speake he attributeth that to vs which belōgeth only to him self bicause of the cōiunction communicating which the mēbers haue with the godhead 2. Cor. 11. 2. Cor. 3 God worketh al in al he is nothīg which watereth he is nothing which plāteth but god which geueth the increase god doth al things he moueth the mouth the tong of that preacher he draweth illustrateth the hart of the hearer It is al one saying therefore to say whose sins ye shal forgeue are forgeuē thē c to say he which beleueth shal be saued But Markes wordes are more plaine For to binde to loose are darcker then to beleue not to beleue the preachers Thei are darker to vs I meane not to the apostles of Christ To bynde To bind therfore is to preach the gospel which gospel he that beleueth not To lose is bound Contrarilie to lose is

aunswered hym sayest thou that of thy self or did other tel it thee of me Pilate aunswered am I a Iewe Thine own nation the high priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me What hast thou done Iesus answered my Kyngdome is not of thys world if my kingdome were of this world my seruauntes would surely fyght that I should not be deliuered vnto the Iewes but now is not my kingdome frō hence Pilate thē sayd vnto him art thou a king thē Thou sayest that I am a king For thys cause am I borne and for thys cause came I into the world that I should beare witnes to the truth euery one that is of the truth hereth my voyce Pilate said to him what is the truth whē he had saide that he wente oute agayn vnto the Iewes and said vnto them I fynde in hym no cause at all But ye haue a custome that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at che passeouer wil ye therfore that I lose vnto you the King of the Iewes Then cryed they all agayne saying not hym but Barrabas Nowe thys Barrabas was a thiefe whiche was in prison with the authors of an insurrection made in the citie wherin was murther committed Thē Pilate spake vnto them agayn willing to let Iesus lose But they cried saying Crucifye crucifie him And he sayd vnto them the thyrd time what euil hath he done I fynde no faulte worthy of death in him I wil therefore chastise hym and let him lose PIlate at the firste sheweth a certaine semblaunce of Iustice and equitie for that he goeth about to deliuer an innocente and to pluck him out of their handes and he being an heathen man doth beare witnesse of the innōcency of Christ but he is vnconstant and wauering like a rede and he fowly goeth against his conscience being moued partly by feare partly by gredy desire to reygne He ought not to haue suffred that he whom he confessed to be innocente should be beaten of the souldiours and muche lesse to be crucified For bycause that Christ sayth that hys kingdome is not of this worlde the Anabaptistes abuse thys saying and would take away Magistrates from amongest Christians But they should marke that Christ speaketh of him selfe appoynteth the kingdome of the spirite Christ came not to possesse a kingdome in the world but to set forth an example of humilitie and obedience So in lyke case no Christiā mā ought in his mind to be desirous of a kingdome no though he be chosen to gouerne others So Christ was the king ouer the whole world as he is also at this day but he coueted not a kingdome for he came not therfore but for to Preach and yet for all that he denyed not him self to be a king but he desired no kingdome but only of consciences So all preachers ministers of the word ought to do For although thei be appointed ouer kingdomes princes Iere. 1. ● Cor. 10. yet ought they by no meanes to make suite for thē as Ieremy saith but thei ought to gouerne consciences with the worde of God So Paule sayth that the weapons of our warfare ar not carnal but mighty through God to cast downe holdes by the which we ouerthrowe the deuises and euery high thyng that is exalted against the knowledge of God we leade euery thoughte captiue to the obedience of Christ and we haue in a redines vengeaunce against al disobedience We may boast in this authority whiche God hath geuen vs for edification and not for destruction I came for thys intent that I might beare witnesse to the truth as though he would say I came not to the end to reigne but to beare witnesse to the truth To beare witnesse of the truth is the Periphrasis of a Preacher To beare witnes to the truth So Iohn was sent to beare witnesse of the lyghte that is of the truth So Christ sayeth to his Apostels in the xv Chapter of Iohn and ye are my witnesses Also in the last of Luke thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffer Iohn 1. and to arise agayn frō the dead the thyrd day that repentaunce remissiō of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name amongest al nations Luke 24 beginning at Ierusalē And ye be witnesses of these thinges not only in Ierusalē Act. 1. but also in al Iury Samaria finally vnto the vttermost part of the earth The father therfore sent the sonne into the worlde to beare witnesse vnto the truth that is to say to make hym selfe knowen of the world for he is the truth Iohn the .xviiij. chap. And who soeuer hath but euen a crome of the truth within him the same is begotten of him heareth his voyce Christ is not onely made equall with wicked persons but is cast muche more lower thē wicked persons For the thiefe is loosed but Christ is killed They geue a murtherer his life but they desyre to haue the author of lyfe crucified they chuse a thiefe and reiecte a Sauiour By the whiche we are taught not only the maliciousnesse of the Phariseies but also the inconstancye ingratitude of the common people It was not long before that they cried and sange Hosanna and extolled him riding vpon the Asse with great prayses saying blessed be he which commeth in the name of the Lord. Now they crie as faste again he is a deceauer Let him be crucified Let no man therfore hunt for prayse of the people Let no man glorye if the common people prayse hym The wauering and inconstante people is by and by perswaded vnto a contrarye sentence so he is cursed in deede that putteth his confidence in man Pilate beareth witnes more then once of the innocencye of Christ and saith that he doth fynde no cause of death in him He is therefore vniuste bycause he suffreth an innocent to bee whypped But he feared men more then God A iuste iudge ought not to punyshe the giltles to get the fauour of other mē The Romaines did put to death those whō they had beatē Although it semeth the Pilate dyd not beate Christ to the intent that he would put him to death but 〈◊〉 by this meanes he might deliuer hī frō death All these thinges are done by the prouidence of God that Christ might suffer all the punishementes which euen the most wicked do Here may we iudge the loue of god the father which thrusteth his well beloued only begottē sōne for vs vnto most greuous punyshmentes that we might also learne to beare pacientlye what things so euer shall happen vnto vs. ¶ Then Pilate tooke Iesus scourged him and the souldiors platted a crown of thorns and put it on hys heade and they clothed him wyth a purple garmente and sayde Hayle Kyng of the Iewes they buffeted him And Pilate went forth agayne sayd vnto thē behold I bring him forth vnto you that ye may know that I find no fault in