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A22612 The confessyon of the fayth of the Germaynes exhibited to the moste victorious Emperour Charles the. v. in the Councell or assemble holden at Augusta the yere of our Lorde. 1530. To which is added the apologie of Melancthon who defendeth with reasons inuincible the aforesayde confesyon translated by Rycharde Tauerner at the commaundeme[n]t of his master Thomas Cromwel chefe Secretarie to the kynges grace.; Augsburg Confession. English. Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560. Apologia Confessionis Augustanae. English. aut; Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575. 1536 (1536) STC 908; ESTC S109256 233,060 428

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the lawe and therfore he sayeth After that he shall haue gyuen hys lyfe an hoste or sacrifice for synnes he shal se sede or posteritie of longe contynuaunce c. For the hebrue worde whiche Esaie dothe vse in this place betokenith sacrifice for syn whiche sacrifice ī the lawe dyd betoken that there was a certayne hoste or sacrifice to come whiche shulde make satisfaction for our synnes and shulde recōcile god to the ende that men shulde knowe that nat for our owne ryghtuousnes but for the merites of another that is to wete of Iesu Christe god is wyllyng to be reconciled to vs. Paule expoundeth the same hebrue worde to signifie or betoken synne in the viii chapitre to the Romaynes sayenge By synne he condempned synne that is to saye ●e punyshed synne by the hoste or sacrifice offred for synne The signification and strengthe of the worde may be more easely perceiued by the maners of the gentiles whiche we se to haue bene taken of the wordes of the fathers nat ryghtly vnderstāded Latine men dyd cal piaculū that hoste or sacrifice whiche was offred in greate calamities to pacifie the wrathe of god when god semed to be excedingly angry and sometime they made sacrifice with mānes bloude because peraduenture they had her●e that the sacrifienge of a man shulde in tyme cūmyng appease god to all mankynde The Grekes haue called them in some place Catharmata and in some place Peripsemata Esaie therfore and Paule do vnderstāde that Christ was made an oblatiō or sacrifice suche as latine men do call Piaculum that by hys merites and nat by ours god shulde be reconciled Let this therfore remayne and abyde in the cause that onely the deathe of Christe is the very true ꝓpitiatorie sacrifice For those leuiticall propitiatorie sacrifices were called so onely to signifie the verie propitiatorie sacrifice that was to come And therfore by a certayne similitude and lykenes they were satisfactions redemynge the iustice of the lawe leste they which had offēded shulde be excluded from that comen weale But these sayde sacrifices ought to cease after that the gospel was ones reueled and brought to lyght And because they ought to cease at the tyme of the reuelation of the gospell they were nat verie propitiations sythe the gospell was therfore promysed to gyue and shewe propitiation Nowe remayne only Eucharistical sacrifices whiche be called sacrifices of prayse preachyng of the gospel faythe inuocatiō thākꝭ gyuing confession the afflictions of holy mē yea al good workes of sayntes These sacrifices be nat satisfactions for the doers of them or satisfactions that may be applied for other folke whiche may meritie vnto them remissiō of synnes or reconciliation by the vertue of the worke wrought For they be done of them that be alredy reconciled And suche maner sacrifices be the sacrifices of the newe testamente as Peter teacheth in his fyrste epistle sayeng To an holye presthod that ye shulde offre spirituall hoostes and sacrifices Howe spirituall sacrifices be set agaynst as cōtrary not onely to the sacrificing of beastes but also to the workes of men whiche be offred because of the worke wroughte For this worde spirituall betokenethe motions of the holye ghoste in vs. Paule teacheth the same whan he saythe Offre your bodyes as a quicke sacrifice holye and a reasonable seruice But by reasonable seruice or honour is betokened that seruice in whiche god is vnderstanded and perceyued in the mynde as is done in the motions of feare and of truste towardes god Therfore it is not onely set agaynst the leuiticall honour or seruice in whiche beastꝭ were slayne but also that honour or seruice in whiche is fayned a worke to be offered by the vertue of the worke wrought The same thynge dothe the epistle to the Hebrues teache whiche saythe By hym let vs offre sacrifice of prayse alwayes vnto god and he addethe the interp̄tation that is to witte the frute of lyppes cōfessyng his name He byddeth vs offre prayses that is to say inuocation thākes gyuyng confession or knowlegyng of his name and other semblable thynges These thyngꝭ be of strengthe not by the vertue of the worke wroughte but by the meanes of faythe And this teacheth this ꝑticle by him let vs offre that is to say by faythe in Christe Breuely the seruice and worshyppyng cōmaunded by the newe testament is spiritual that is to say is iustice of faythe in the herte and the frutes of faythe Therfore it dothe abrogate the leuiticall sacrifices And Christe saythe The true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in spirite and truthe For suche worshyppers wolde the father haue to worshyp hym God is a spirite they that ●orshyp hym muste worshyp hym in spirite and truthe This texte clerely condempneth the opinions of all suche sacrifices whiche they fayne to be of strengthe by the reason of the worke wrought And it teacheth also that we muste worshyp in spirite y● is to say with motions of the herte and faythe Therfore the prophetꝭ also in the olde testament cōdempne the opinion of the people whiche they had of the worke wrought and do teache ryghtuousnes sacrifices of the spirite For thus sayth the prophete Hieremie I haue not spoken with your fathers nor I haue not gyuen them cōmaundement in that daye whan I broughte them out of Aegipte of any sacrifices But this worde I cōmaūded them sayeng Heare and obey my wordes and I wyll be your god c. After what fashyon shulde we thynke that the Iewes dyd herken receyue this sermon whiche semeth to be clene repugnant and contrarye to the lawe of Moyses For this was vndoubtedly knowen that god had gyuen cōmaundement to the fathers of diuerse maner sacrifices But Hieremie condempneth the opinion whiche they had of sacrifices This opinion god dyd neuer teathe them y● is to witte that those sacrifices shuld pacifie hym by the worke wrought He addeth also faythe that god had cōmaunded it whan he sayth Herken me that is to say beleue me that I am your god that I wyl so be knowen whan I do shewe mercy and whā I do helpe and y● I haue no nede of your sacrifices truste surely that I wyll be god a iustifier a sauiour not for your workes sake but for my worde and my promyse sake desyre loke for helpe of me truelye and from your hartes The psalme also dothe condempne the opinion of the worke wroughte whiche refusynge the sacrifice of beastes requireth inuocation ▪ and the sacrifice of prayse For thus it sayth Shall I eate the flesshe of bulles of gotes c. Call vpon me in the tyme of tribulation and I wyll delyuer the and thou shalte worshyp and honoure me c. Here he witnesseth that this is the very latria the very true honour if we do hertely call vpon hym Also in the .xxxix. psalme it is wryten Sacrifice oblation thou woldest none of but thou haste made
Christian men to bere officies and authorities to excercise iudgementes to iudge thinges accordinge to themperours lawes or other presēt lawes of kynges and rulers to execute due punyshmentes by the lawe to holde batel or warre by the lawe to be a soudiour to cōtracte or bargayn by the lawe to holde a thīge in proprietie to take an othe when officers do lawefully require it to mary a wyfe to take an husbande They condempne the Anabaptistes whiche inhibite forbydde these ciuile offyces to christen men They dāpne also those whiche do not putte the perfection of the gospell in the dreade of god and faythe but in leauynge forsakynge or gyuynge ouer of polytike and ciuile offyces For the gospel teacheth the eternal rightwisnes of the harte So that it destroyeth not the politike and ciuile gouernaunce but chiefly requireth the conseruation of the same as good ordenaūces of god to exercise and practise charitie in suche ordenaunces Therfore necessariely Christen men ought to obey theyr gouernours and their lawes saue whē they commaunde sin for then they be rather bounden to obey god thā man as it is sayed ī the fyfte chap. of the Actes Also they teach that Christ shal appere ī the ende of the worlde to iudge and shall rayse vp agayne all that be deade and shall gyue to the godly and electe people euerlastynge lyfe perpetuall ioyes but the wycked men and deuilles ●e shal condēpne to be tormēted with out ende They dāpne the Anabaptistes which thinke that the payne of euyl men and of deuylles shal haue an ende They dampne also other whiche nowe a dayes do sowe abrode iuda●cal opinions that before the Resurrectiō of the deade the wicked shal be oppressed in euery place the good men shal occupy possesse the kingdome of the world Of fre wyl they teache that mans wyll hath some libertie to worke ciuile outwarde rightwysnes and to chose out thinges subiecte vnto reason but it hath nat myght without the holy goste to do the ryghtwisnes of god or spiritual ryghtuousnes ●or a man lefte to the power of his owne soule whō Paule calleth animalem hominem perceyueth not the thynges that be of the spirite of god but this ryghtwisnes is framed and made in the hartes whē the holy gost is cōceyued by the worde This sayeth Austyne with lyke wordes ī his thyrde boke of hypognosticon We graunt sayth S. Austyne that euery man hauynge reasonable iudgement hathe free wyll not that he is able in thīges perteyning to god without god ether to begyn or at the leste waye to make an ende but only in the warkes of this presēt life aswele good as euyl In good warkes I say which do issue forth of the goodnes of nature as to wyl to labour in the felde to wyll to eate and drynke to wyll to haue a frēde to wyl to haue clothīge to wyl to make a house to wyll to marye a wyfe to noryshe beastes to learne a crafte of diuerse good thinges to wyll whatsoeuer good thynge apperteyneth to thys presente lyfe of the whiche thinges none hathe beinge without the gouernaunce of god yea of hym and by hī they be and began to be Euyll workes I say as to wyll to honour an Image or Idolle to do manslaughter c̄ They dampne the Pelagians other which teache that without the holie ghoste onely by strengthe of nature we may loue god aboue all thinges do the preceptes of god as touching the substaunce of the actes as they cal it For though nature can some what do the outwarde workes for nature maye kepe her hande frome killinge of mē yet she cā nat worke the inwarde motyons as the dreade of god the trust in god chastite pacience c̄ Of the cause of syn they teach that although god doth create conserue nature yet the cau●● of synne is the wyll of them that be euyl that is to say of the deuyll of the wycked men which wyll when god helpeth not turneth it selfe frō god as Christ sayth in the eyght chap. of Iohn̄ when he speaketh a lye he speaketh of hī selfe Our techers be falsely accused that they prohibite and forbidde good workes For their writynges whiche go abrode of the .x. commaundementes and other of lyke matter do witnes that they haue taught profytably of all kyndes of lyuinge offices as what kyndes of lyuinge what workes do please god in euery callinge Of which thīges prechers heretofore spake but litle only they magnifyed and did set forth chyldishe and vnnecessary warkes as certeyne holy dayes certayne fastinges fraternities guyldes or brotherhedes pylgrymages worshippynges of sayntes rosaries entringe into relygion and such other lyke Our aduersaries throughe our monition do nowe vnlearne leaue thys gere so that they preach not these vnprofytable workes so moche as they dyd before Furthermore they beginne to make mention of faythe of the whiche nowe this great while hathe bene meruelous sylence all though they cease not to obscure and darken the doctrine of faythe in that they leaue mens cōsciences in a doubt bydding thē purchase remission of synnes with warkes But they teache not that throughe Christe by only faythe we may be sure to haue remyssyon of synne For as moche therfore as the doctrine of faythe whiche ought to be the chiefeste and principal in the churche hath lyen so longe vnknowen as we muste all nedes confesse that of the ryghtuousnes of faythe most depe and profounde sylence hath bene in preachinges that allouly the doctrine of workes hath bene exercised and cōuersaūt in churches therfore I say our teachers haue warned monished the churches of faythe in thys wyse as foloweth fyrste that our workes can nat reconcile god vnto vs or deserue remyssyon of synnes and grace and iustifycation but thys we gette only by faythe beleuynge that only for Christes sake we be receyued into fauour who only is sette forth and purposed vnto vs a mediatour a mercy stocke by whō the father is reconciled and his fauour goten agayne Therfore he that trusteth to deserue fauour or grace with workes despyseth the meryte grace of Christe and seketh a way and cummynge to God with mannes power without Christ where as Christe sayde of hymselfe I am the waye the truthe and the lyfe This doctryne of fayth is euery where treated in Paule as to the Eph. 2. by grace ye are made sa●e throughe faythe and that not of your selfe it is the gyft of god not of workes c̄ But here leste peraduenture a man wolde make cauillations and craftely lay for hym selfe agaynst vs that we haue deuised and founde out this newe interpretatyon of Paule I saye that all thys cause or matter hath for the mayntenance of it the authoritie and witnes of olde and aunciente fathers For S. Austyne in many volumes defendeth grace rightuousnes of fayth agaynst merites of workes