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A13257	A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.; Confessio Helvetica Posterior. English.	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.	1568 (1568)	STC 23554; ESTC S118060	120,110	316

our owne merites For what can be more plaine then that whiche Paule saieth All Roma iii. haue synned and are depriued of the glorie of God and are iustified freelie by his grace and through the redempcion that is in Christe Iesus For Christe hath taken vpon hym and borne the sinnes of the worlde he hath satisfied the iustice of God God therefore for his onely Christes sake Iustice imputed to vs. who suffred death and rose againe is mercifull to our sinnes not imputing them to vs but accepting Christes iustice as our rightuousnes so that now we are not onely purged and clensed frō synne but also clothed with Christ his iustice and deliuered from synne death and condemnacion to be short we are made rightuous and heires of life euerlastyng To speake properlie therefore God alone doeth iustifie vs and that onely for Christe his sake not laiyng our synnes to our charge but imputyng his rightuousnes to vs. Because wee receiue this iustificacion not for any of our workes sake we are iustified by faith only but by faithe in God his mercie and through Christe therefore we teache and beleue with the Apostle that man is iustified by faithe onely in Christe not by the Lawe or by any woorkes For Paule saieth Wee thinke that a man is iustified by faithe without the workes of the lawe And again Rom. iiij Roma iii. If Abraham were iustified by workes he hath wherin to reioyce but not with God For what saieth the scripture Abrahā beleued God and it was cōpted to hym as rightuousnes Now to hym that woorketh the wages is not compted by fauour but by debte and to hym that worketh not but beleueth in him that iustifieth the faithe of the vngodly is compted for rightuousnes And again Ephe. ij by grace are ye saued through faithe and that not of your selues it is the gifte of God and not of woorkes leaste any man should boaste hymself Then because faithe ketcheth holde faste on Christe who is our rightuousnes and attributeth all thynges to the grace we receaue Christe by fayth of God in hym therefore iustificacion is ascribed to faithe chiefly for Christ and not because it is our woorke for it is the gifte of God That wee receiue Christe by faithe the Lorde declareth at large wher he vseth this woorde Ihon. vi Eate for beleue and beleue for eate For as by eatyng wee receiue meate Eat vsed for beleue so by beleuyng wee are made partakers of Christ Wherefore we deuide not the benefite of Iustificacion attributyng Iustification is not to be attributed partly to vs. and partly to Christ it partely to the grace of God or to Christe and partly to our selues our loue to our woorkes to our merites But wee ascribe it wholie to the grace of God in Christe by faithe And whiche is more out loue and our workes cannot please God if thei be doen of vs that are vniuste Wherefore we muste firste be made iuste before wee can loue or doe iuste workes We are made iuste in deéde as we haue declared by faithe in Christe by the mere grace of God who dooeth not impute our sinnes but Christe his rightuousnes to vs and compteth our faithe in Christe as rightuousnesse Furthermore the Apostle plainly sheweth that i. Timo. i. loue cometh of faithe The ende of the Lawe is Loue issuyng out of a pure harte a good consctence and an vnfained faithe Here we speake not of a counterfet vaine idle or dedde faithe but of a liuely and quickenyng faithe whiche through Christe who is life and quickeneth hym whō faithe ketcheth hold on is a liue and so is saied to bee because Sainct Paules saiyng is cōferred with sainct Iames. Iames. ii she declareth her self to line by her liuely woorkes Saincte Iames then maketh nothing against this dostrine who speaketh of a vaine and dedde faithe whereof some boasted albéeit thei had not Christ liuyng in thē by faithe He saieth also that woorkes Iustifie not therein disagreyng from the Apostle for then he were to bée reiected but shewing that Abraham declared his liuely and iustifiyng faithe by his woorkes The whiche thing all the godlie doe who notwithstandyng putte their truste in Christe onely and in no workes of their owne For in an other place the Apostle saith Thus I Gala. ii liue yet not I now but Christe liueth in me and in that that I now line in the fleshe I liue by faithe in the sonne of God who hath loued me and geuē himself for me I doe not abrogate the grace of God For if rightuousnes bée by the lawe then Christe died in vain ¶ Of faithe and good woorkes of their reward and mannes merite Cha. 16. CHristian faithe is not a bare opinion what faith is or perswasion of men but a moste sure confidēce an euidente and constaunte assente of the mynde to bee shorte a moste certaine comprehendyng of God his truthe set forthe in the Scriptures conteined in the Apostles Crede yea and cōmaunded of God himself who surmounteth al goodnes But chieflie faith is a cōfidence in God and his soonne Christ his promises whiche Christe is thence of all promises This faithe is the free gifte of God whiche onely he geueth Faith is the gifte of God of his grace to his electe accordyng to measure when to whō and as muche as he liste and that by his holie spirits by the meane of preachyng the Gospel and faithfull praier This faithe is increased and that by God his mercie For els the Apostle would not haue The increese of fayth Luke xi saied Lorde increase our faithe Al that hetherto we haue saied concernyng faith thapostles haue taught before vs For Paule saieth Faith is the ground of thynges whiche are hoped for and the euidence of those thynges Hebre. xi that are not seen And againe he saith Al the promises of god in Christ ii Cor. i. are yea and are in hym Amen To the Philippians he writeth that it was Phi. i. geuen to them that thei should beleue in Christe And againe Christe hath Rom. xii ii Thes iii. Rom. xi distributed to euery man a measure of faithe And again All menne haue not faithe neither dooe all men obeye the Gospell Luke also witnesseth Act. xiij As many as were ordained vnto eternall life beleued Wherefore he calleth faithe the faithe of Gods elect And againe Roma x. Faithe cometh by hearyng and hearing by the worde of God In other places he often biddeth men praie for faithe The saied Apostle affirmeth faithe The force of faith to bee of greate efficacie declaryng it self by Loue Faithe quieteth the conscience openeth to vs a frée entrie vnto GOD that wee maie come to hym with bolones and obtain of hym profitable and necessarie thynges It kepeth vs in doyng our duetie that wee owe to God and our neighboure In aduersitie it strengthneth vs with paciēte facioneth and formeth in vs