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A01175	The restorer of the French estate discouering the true causes of these vvarres in France & other countries, and deliuering the right course of restoring peace and quiet to all Christendome: wherein are handled these principall questions touching religion, policie, and iustice: whether it be lawfull to sweare, and keepe promise to heretikes, to force mens consciences for religion sake, to liue with, and dwell nigh heretikes, to breake the order of succession to the Crowne bycause of religion, or no. Who be schismatikes; and of the chiefe poincts of religion. How we are to iudge of the schisme in Christendome at this day. Lastly, the conclusion conteining notable admonitions to the clergie, nobles, magistrates, people, and King of France. Translated out of French. Ecclesiæ & reipub. D.	Hurault, Michel, d. 1592, attributed name.	1589 (1589)	STC 11289; ESTC S102588	139,883	174

seller of purple to attend to the things which S. Paul spake They then that haue eares to heare vnderstand can not but acknowledge without doubting that faith is the mouth of the soule by which we receiue faluatiō the merit of the Lords death and passion that faith is the onely gift of God and therefore whofocuer glorifieth himself Psal 27. let him glorifie in the Lord and say with Dauid the Lord is my light and my saluation But some do argue against the word of God in these termes Faith doth not abolis● workes Seing that grace abolisheth merit works are abolished likewise and so the Gospell abolisheth workes and the law by faith S. Paul did fore-see this obiection and aunswered thereto so carefully that none except the ignoraunt or enemies of the Gospell can make accompt thereof Neuerthelesse the Pope stands on it so stifly and esteemes it so highly that in consideration and vnder colour of it and his auarice together he hath brought in this goodly doctrine of the merite of workes contrary to the Gospell as by the premisses here-aboue appeareth Rom. 3.4 After Saint Paul had set downe this obiection he proueth more manifestly than afore that by faith we are saueck and stayeth firmely on this argument that Abraham receiued the promise of saluation by faith before the circumcision and long time yer the law was geuen so that the promise saith he belongeth to the faithfull and not to the workers of the law which law was geuen onely to the successors of Abraham after faith and the promises and so he leaueth vs to conclude that as the law was geuen to the successors of Abraham after the promises made to Abraham because of his faith euen so the faithfull ought to receiue the law not making it the cause of the promises and hand-fast of their saluation but shewing by their obedience thereto that the promises belong to them as being successors of them to whom the promises were made as being successors of Abraham yea children of the heauenly father whose voice they ought to know and vnderstand yelding them selues willingly to be guyded and gouerned by his holy spirite to the obedience of his commandements The sonne is a sonne afore he obeyeth his father but he sheweth by his obedience that he is the truesonne so the faithfull and elect afore workes afore their obedience appeareth be the children of God Works cannot bring them this title or qualitie it is the gift of God and commeth not of works saith S. Paul Ephesa but by workes they shewe themselues to be faithfull in deede and by the obedience they yeeld to God when he hath certified them of his wil they shew themselues to be the true and faithfull children of God S. Rom. 6. Paul is not content herewith but pursueth yet more euidently the ouerthrow of this obiection For hauing proued afore that wee are saued by grace and not by works it followeth what shal we say then shall we continue stil in sinne that grace may abound God forbid how shall we that are dead to sinne liue yet therein know ye not that all we which haue bene baptized into Iesus Christ haue bene baptized into his death wee are buried then with him by baptisme into his death that like as Christ was raysed vp from the dead by the glory of the father so we also should walke in newnesse of life and in the same Chapter what then shall we sinne because we are not vnder the law but vnder grace God forbid know ye not that to whomsother ye geue your selues as seruants to obey his seruants ye are to whoth ye obey and a little after but now being freed from sinue and made seruants vnto God ye haue your fruite in holmes and th' end euerlasting life Thus yee see that faith destroyeth not workes Contrariwise the Scripture commandeth vs that we oboy God to shew foorth the glory and holines of his house to shew and confirme our owne and our neighbors faith to shew that we feare loue and honor God that we belong to him are regenerated by him are his children seruants and this ought we to seeke in works and not our saluation Workes goe not afore election they follow it they follow adoption they follow faith they follow the sure trust of saluation The commaundemēts of God are directed to them that are of his house not to strangers so that we must be of his house before we may vnderstand or do them The commaundements are not they that make the children but they are the children that doo the commandements of their father But now behold how we learne what is th' end of good works 1 Pes. 2. It is written that it is the will of God that by wel doing we may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men as free and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but as the seruants of God 2. Pet. 1. Againe geue euen all diligence thereunto ioyne more ouer vertue with your faith and with vertue knowledge and with knowledge temperance and with temperance patience and with patience godlines with godlines brotherly kindnes and with brotherly kindnes charitie Saint Iohn saith hereby we are sure that we know him if we keepe his commandements he that saith I know him and keepeth not his commaundements is a lier and the truth is not in him he that saith he remaineth in him ought euen so to walk as he hath walked 1. Ioh. 4. 1. Ioh. 5. If any man say I loue God and hate his brother he is a lyer Wee know that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God keepeth himselfe the faithfull should liue no more after the concupiscences of men 1. Pet. 2. but according to the will of God They must haue their conuersation honest that they which speake euill of them as of euill doers may by their good works which they shall see glorifie God in the day of the visitation True it is that the scripture seemeth in some places to ascribe saluation to works for the holy Ghost sometimes vseth indifferently all these termes election grace faith works and accepteth th' one for th' other expresly to shew vs that th' election grace faith and works are inseparable and as it is written that works done without faith auaile nothing so true works bring with them faith cōsequently th' election and grace purchased by the passion of our Sauiour Sometimes also the holy Ghost speaketh in this maner to rebuke them that abuse faith running after a bastard vaine and idle faith leauing the lawfull true and working faith At other times hespeaketh so applying himselfe to nouices and children in the faith For so S. Iames highly extolled workes Iac. 2. but that was vpon occasion to confound them that abused faith and thought they should continue vnprofitable and idle in faith As also S. Paul opposing himselfe against them

made Israell to sinne Micheas and Elias accompanied Achab and Ochosiah both Idolaters Our Sauiour Christ visited the countreys of the Iewes and soiourned among them euen when they were most corrupt and swarmed with sectes heresies as is sayd he communed with Saduces that denied the Resurrection he eat and disputed with Pharisies he liued with Publicanes he gratified and honored the Gentiles with his presence preaching and miracles Th'Apostles bestowed most part of their care paine power and knowledge to conferre and communicat with the Gentiles they built founded Churches among the Gentiles they left the faithfull in the same countrey the same towne the same house with the Gentiles they permitted to the Christen woman the mariage already made 1. Cor. 7. to abide with her infidell husband saying what knowest thou ô woman whether thou shalt saue thy husband or what knowest ô husband whether thou shalt saue thy wife Shall we be so hardie as to pronounce that all these holy exāples be so many faults which we ought not to folow shal we so arrogātly ouerweene our selues after so many holy precedēts as to force the sacred Scripture to speake that which it doth not deliuer vs a doctrine not onely contradictorie to it selfe but also contrary to possibilitie For if it teacheth that we ought not abide in the same countrey and towne with Pagans and heretikes the holy Scripture bindeth vs to a cōdition impossible Into what parcell of the world may we goe where are not Pagans insidels heretikes and schismatikes Th' East and South swarme with Heathnish Idolaters the West North haue so many sects as families In what town in what company shall we hope to find one cōmon vniforme and assured consent of the truth seing among the twelue Apostles visibly taught by our Lord by words miracles conuersation example of life one was found that durst doubt of the Gospell and attempt the abolishing and ouerthrow thereof that banded himselfe against the truth bountie and power of God endeuouring not onely to gainstand God like the Geants but also to put him to death How shall a man sort him selfe with a company well assured in truth rightnes of doctrine faith sith he can not discouer nor discerne the knowledge wills and beleef of men bycause of their hypocrisie and false semblant at this day in all dealings but principally in case of Religion Mar. 13. 2. Cor. 10. we liue in the time that wolues disguise themselues in sheepes clothing and Sathan trasformes himselfe into an Angell of light false Prophets borrow the cognisance of good and true Disciples they that know the truth and dare not speake confesse it are cōstrained to stāmer with the cōmon sort Behold how none but the holy Ghost can touch to the quick or truly reproue thē of sinne John 16. that beleeue not in God as S. Iohn writeth therfore it passeth mās power to discerne the faithfull from the infidell The Lord doth not say that at his cōming he shall finde all his elect gathered in one cōpany but that he will gather them frō all parts of th' earth Luke 17. that two shal be in one bed th' one takē th' other refused two shal be grinding in a mill th' one takē th' other refused Morcouer the holy Scripture assureth vs that the Lordes field can not be without darnell that the visible Church cā not be without corruption schismes without enemies within without that while she is in this world she cā not enioy the title of Triumphant that she is named Militāt so she is in deede for she hath continually to sight against innumerable enemies domestical forrein So saith Iesus Christ that his doctrine shal bring a great cōfusion of miscōceiuing Mat. 10. enmities cōtrarieties between Potētats dominions Marke 13. between the neerest kinred frends Luke 12. within priuat houses families for religion sake S. Paul saith 1 Cor. 11. there must be heresies amōgst vs to th' end that they which are approued may be made manifest Let vs thē leaue these delicacies dainty tendernes for another world and in the meane while apply submit our selues to the necessity of the prophesies whose accōplishmēt cannot be auoided let the exāple of the whole church cōfort vs let vs resolue our selues on that which cannot be otherwise during the tune we shal inhabit this earth Let this counsell of S. 2. Tim. 4. Paul to Timothie sound in our ears euermore They shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers and shal turne their eares from the trueth and shall be geuen vnto fables but watch thou in all things suffer aduersitie doo the worke of an Euangelist and elswhere hold not the disobedient person as an enemie but admonish him as a brother He saith not despaire of him leaue the Church she abandon all but watch and trauaile admonish him brotherlie to the end the let be not in thee that the worke is vnperfect Although th' enemy hath forced our trēches baricados so that he is with vs pell mell that he is come to cope hand to hand we must not flie we must determine on the combat we must r'ally and stand strong to the Corps du gard hard by our chiefetaine within the shadow of our colours Seing then we cannot choose but be intermedled with heretikes we must watch ward and trauaile for our own defence against them we must geue th'onset with spirituall armes their presence must stirre vp and whet our carefulnes Seing the Church is militant it must not geue ground but abide where th' enemie is Who so flieth from his enemie and hath withdrawen himselfe so farre that he can not smite heare nor see him may not be termed militant or one that maketh warre We must keepe so close to our enemies that they see our fires heare the sound of our drummes and trumpets that they see heare and feele the glittering the noyse weight of our weapons Euen so the Church militāt ought to approach nigh the heretikes namelie by charitie that they heare and vnderstand the sound of Gods worde that they feele the vertue thereof to their confusion condemnation or conuersion If we should not draw nigh to infidels and heretikes after some sort or other God would not call so many as he doth daihe by the efficacie of his word which he makes them vnderstand publikly by exhortations sermons and seruices and priuatly by particular studies and conferences Let vs not be afraide of them the spirit of God is not a spirit of feare 2. Tim 1. the word of God is mightier than all things the primitiue Church required not to haue the Pagans banished but onely to be heard of them the vertue of the Gospel was not enfeebled by their speaking dealing and dwelling among them otherwise the combat is not appointed for the decay of the elect but for their