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A10770	An exposicion in Englishe vpon the Epistle of .S. Paule, to the Colossians wherin the letter is purely declared, with many good exhortations to flee vice, and to take vertue, as shall appere clerely to the faithfull reader throughout all this epistle: written by Lancelot Ridley of Cantorbury. Anno salutis humanæ M.D.XLVIII.; Exposicion in Englishe upon the Epistle of. S. Paule to the Colossians.	Ridley, Lancelot, d. 1576.	1548 (1548)	STC 21039; ESTC S104540	65,741	282

as our redempcion reconciliacion remission of sinnes iustice righteousnes before GOD eternall life and felicitie all other giftes of God we receiue by Christ onely of Gods mere mercie and grace and not of our merites or deseruynges or of our workes merites or peticions of sainctes Al fulnes of the father is called to dwel in Christ not the Christ now hath receiued that thyng that he had not before for all goodnes of the father he had before as Ihon .v. saieth As the father hath life in hymself so he hath geuen to the sonne to haue life in hymself as the father raised ded men to life so doth the sonne And. Iho. xviii Christ said to his father glorify me with thy selfe with the same glory that I had before the world was created but all fulnes of the father is called to dwell in Christ that all men should knowe all the goodnes thei haue to come of God by Christe to thē that all that beleueth in Christ shuld not perishe but bee saued and should haue life euerlastyng by Christ with the father 4 And by hym to reconsile all thynges He goeth forwardes describyng what benefites wee haue receiued by Christ he saith that al thynges whiche wer out of Gods fauor to bee reconciled again to Gods fauor and loue as all mē whiche either for their originall sinne or for their actuall synne were out of Gods fauor and had offended GOD should by Christe onely bee reconciled to Gods fauour and haue remission of their synnes and be made partakers of euerlastyng life and that onely by Christe So by Christ alone all thinges in yearth or in heauē be brought again to Gods fauor And you whiche was farre of and enemies in mynde and in euill workes now he hath reconciled you again in the body of his fleshe by death that he should make you without fault without all spottes in his sight Before the Apostle shewed in parte what Christe was now he turneth his sermon to these Colossiās and sheweth what benefite thei haue receiued by Christ and that thei should loue Christ the better bee more thankefull and geue more thankes to God for their health life and saluacion he sheweth what thei wer before thei receiued Christes benefite then thei were farre from life and saluacion from God alienated by many vices and sinnes bothe originall and actuall in harte mynde will iudgement and in many euill workes as in Idolatrie supersticion fornicacion adultery errors and heresies for lacke of knowlege and of Goddes grace and by their naughtie liuyng in the whiche thei wer brought vp in and accustomed from their young age that thei committyng great and abhominable sinnes in the sight of God thei thought themselfes not to synne for thei knewe not what was synne nor the daungier of synne nor yet God their creator and maker Suche ther be many in the worlde brought vp in ignoraunce and blindnes supersticiō and Idolatrie thynketh supersticion and Idolatrie to please GOD well the cause whereof is euill bringyng vp of their parentes without knowelege of God and of his will and not taught to knowe God and his pleasure to bee dooen of vs his creatures and seruauntes as we haue promised in our baptisme by our Godfathers promisyng for vs. And here he sheweth some parte of their states Firste that thei were farre from God from life healthe and saluacion by reason of their ignoraūce and euill bryngyng vp in vice and synne from their yong age vnto that daie thei harde the worde of God preached vnto thē And here wee maie learne not to sticke much to those thinges wherein wee haue been brought vp from our yong age whiche parauenture haue been coumpted vertue and worshippyng of God yet the truth knowen thei haue been supersticion and Idolatrie as was Pilgrimage deckyng giltyng of Images settyng vp of candelles before images also again thei wer farre from GOD and from the house of Israel hauyng no title to claime or chalenge any parte of life or saluacion ye nothyng knowyng or myndyng life and health to perteine to theim that wer Gentiles as is more declared at large Ephe. ii But these that were farre of Christe hath made theim partakers of life and of heauenly ioye blisse and eternall felicitie with God Secondly thei wer enemies to God to their awne saluacion bothe in mynde and in euill woorkes thei had their myndes infected and poysoned with euill opinions errors and heresies euill and wicked iudgementes and full of euill woorkes Seruyng not the liuyng GOD true and iuste but many false Idolles ded Images stockes and blockes and ofte tymes thynkyng themselfes to serue the true and liuyng GOD when thei liued in al supersticion and Idolatry but these enemies Christe hath reconciled again to the fauor of GOD the father in the body of his flesh by death that by death of the Crosse whiche he suffered in his humain body for the redempcion of al bothe Iewe and Gentile that will beleue in him And thus Christes death was a full and sufficient satisfacciō for the synnes of the whole world for all theim that shal be sanctified and saued Hebre. x. 2 That he should make vs holy and blameles and without spottes in his sight Here is shewed for what ende and purpose Christe reconciled vs to the fauor of the father that we should returne again to vice synne and to our old naughtie liuing No no. But that wee should be holy and liue Godly and verteously knowe Gods will kepe it And that we should bee fautles that no notable faute crime or synne might be iustely imputed to vs of menne and that we should so beare behaue our selfes in all oure affaires that wee might be without reprofe that our faith should be so pure and stedfast garnished with all maner of good workes that we ded frō synne should liue to iustice as sainct Peter saieth i. Peter .ii. Here wee maie learne how pure holy a life all men should liue not onely the Bishoppe Pastor and prieste but also all laie men that desireth to bee felowes of saluacion and glory by Christ If you remain in faith groūded and stable and will not bee remoued frō the hope of the Gospell whiche you haue harde that was preached to all creatures vnder heauen of the whiche I Paule am made a minister Nowe he sheweth howe thei shal bee blameles without faute and spott in the sight God that is if thei shal abide in true faith and by no affliccion persecucion prosperitie or aduersitie decline or shrynke from true faith but bee constaunt and stable in it founded vpon Christ the true foundaciō and corner stone cleuyng vnto Christe and to his doctryne And here the Apostle reproueth al vnfaithfull that be doubtfull inconstaunt and waueryng in faith moued and tossed hether and thether with euery wynde and blast and tempest of wether of threatenynges of men or hope of fauor or pleasures of men And specially here is

salutacion Christians should vse one to another in their wrytynges and what thynges thei should desire and of whom Wee geue thankes to GOD and the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ alwaye for you when we praye for we haue heard your faith in Iesu Christ and your charitie towardes all sainctes for the hope layed vp for you in heauen Now the Apostle beginneth to shewe the cause wherefore he wrote to them and first of all he geueth thankes to god for their hope and charitie and other giftes of God geuen to these Colossiās onely of gods mere mercie and goodnes desiryng God to encrease these gyftes euery daie more and more in them By this example wee bee taught to geue thankes to god for his benefites geuen to other and to be glad with other for these diuine giftes and to desire theim to bee euery daie more more increased And in these woordes he reproueth them that thanketh not God for his holy gyftes geuen to thē and to other ye he reproueth thē that enuie Gods goodnes in other and be sory that other be riche cōnyng learned or haue more knowlege then thei such there is many now a daies whom it greueth muche to se so greate knowlege of Gods holy worde and truthe shewed to the worlde as now is for the whiche thyng thei should geue thankes to GOD for it as here the holy ghost teacheth vs and not to be sory for it or to murmure or spurne agaynste the pricke as many wisshyng all these new mē of the newe doctrine as thei call it when it is in verie deede the olde doctryne of Christe and of his Apostles in a fire or at the deuil condempnyng themselfes to the deuill and to hell fire callyng or thynkyng Christes doctrine error and heresy and condempnyng it for euill whiche is good and wholesome and true doctrine able to saue our soules Iacob .i. Let menne therefore beware and condempne not truthe for falsed and call not good euil or euill good light darkenes darkenes light least wo euerlastyng fall vpon them for so doyng and calling Take hede you ignoraunt men that you fal not into this daungier of eternall dampnacion threatened by the Prophete Esaye .v. to all theim that call good euill euil good light darkenes and darkenes light swete sower sower swete c. Learne that the holy ghoste in Paule moueth vs in our prayers to geue thankes to GOD for his benefites geuen to vs specially for the gyfte of faithe and of charitie Secōdly he sheweth what is the office of Christians to do when thei here faith and charitie geuē to men of god that thei should geue thākes to God for them Thirdly we se the office of faithe and of charitie a true faith hath charitie annexed worketh by charitie at all opportunitie geuē in tyme conueniēt charitie sheweth her self by helpyng and releuyng the poore faithfull Finally faith charitie bee the twoo chief thinges of Christes religion for the whiche we should geue thākes to God as giftes most necessary for our saluaciō without the whiche we cannot please god nor be saued 2 For wee haue heard of your faithe in Iesu Christe of your Charitie to the poore sainctes Here is declared the cause why Paule gaue thankes to God it was that he heard their faith in Christe Iesu and their charitie to the poore to be spred abrode for vertue vsed cannot bee hid long but it wil shewe it self so a true and a liuely faith cannot be hid lōg but it will burst vp into good woorkes as here Paule heard their faithe and yet faithe cannot bee heard nor sene for it is an inuisible gifte of God nor yet shewed except it shewe it self by good workes whiche declare faithe and sheweth where it is that it may be knowē and heard where it is for a true faithe in God is not idle or dedde in that he nameth firste faithe and then Charitie he sheweth that faithe muste goo before charitie or els that woorke of Charitie that spryngeth not out of faith pleaseth not God for it is vnpossible to please GOD without faith Heb. ii Faith is towardes God charitie to God to our neighbor charitie doth consist in workes and dedes in feruētnes of hart mynd to worke when power and habilitie will not serue nor is power geuen to worke 3 For the hope laied vp for you in heauen This place is of aucthors diuersly expounded some make it agre with that that goth before after this maner Wee haue heard of your faith and of your Charitie to the poore sainctes faithfull christians doen to theim for no other cause but for Christes sake not lookyng for any praise glory or profite to you of manne for these woorkes but onely for Gods sake and because of hope of immortalitie and glory with God that you trusted to bee partaker of not for the worthines of youre woorke or almose dooen to the poore by you but onely of the promise of God whose free gifte is life euerlastyng and not for the worthines or dignitie of any worke or dede doen by any mortall man And this sence saincte Peter i. Peter .i. dooth appere to allowe saiyng thus Blessed bee God and the father of our lorde Iesu Christe whiche after his greate mercie hath regenerated vs into a liuely hope by the resurreccion of Iesu Christe from death So for hope of eternall life we must do good woorkes surely trustyng to come to that life onely of Gods mercie and goodnes and not of dignitie or worthines of workes for the fre gift of Gods life eternal Roma vi Other referreth this place to the woordes that goeth before that is to these Wee geue thankes to GOD for you that you haue not put your trust hope in worldly thynges or in corruptible riches but in heauenly thynges lokyng more for heauenly treasure then any worldly dignities or riches onely to be geuen to you of Gods mercy for Christes sake for whom you suffre muche trouble and aduersitie in the worlde that ye might be partaker of Christes glory in heauē accordyng to that whiche is promised that if wee suffre with Christ we shal reigne with hym Rom. viii Whiche you surely trust and hope for nothyng doubtyng but GOD will performe his promes and for that hope you willyngly gladly and of loue shewe Charitie to the poore and helpeth them to your power not lokyng for a reward of men but onely of god Some other by hope vnderstandeth GOD and his glory hoped for whiche glory is called hope because it is sure keped as Iob saieth .xix. This hope is put in my bosome that is the thyng loked for by hope i. res sperata Other some thinketh by hope may be vnderstād God alone whiche is the rewarder of all that hope in him and will reward al good workes dooen for his sake loue or commaundement alone without all other respect trustyng to Gods promises And here perauenture

reproued all suche as will be fauorers of Gods worde as long as hope of fauor pleasure profite or commoditie doo come by the word of God and when that hope is gone thei shrynke from the Gospell are ashamed of it leaue it and forsake it followyng men the world and their belies ye and al the knowlege thei haue by the Gospell thei turne it to a carnall libertie and to a worldly commoditie makyng the Gospell to bee as a cloke to their coueteousnes pompe pleasure insaceable myndes to gette riches landes and possessions and to make themselfes riche in worldly possessions and suche there is many nowe adaies as Christ saieth Math. xiii Multi ad tempus credunt in tempore tentationis recedūt Many for a time doth beleue but in tyme of temptacion thei shrynke from faith from God but these be not thei that bee blameles and without faute in Gods sight but thei bee worthy blame and bee spotted with many vices and synnes shall not escape punishemente excepte thei repent and amende and be constaunt in faithe Here is two thynges required of vs that wee should be without blame or spotte in Gods sight the one is that we should bee constaunt in faithe the second not to shrinke from the hope of these heauenly treasures promised by the Gospell preached to all creatures vnder heauen See the mightie power of GOD that made his worde to bee preached throughout all the worlde in the spite of all enemies to the Gospell and magre to their tethe and therefore the Apostle was not ashamed to call hymself not a lorde but a Minister of the Gospell called of God And here he reproueth those bishoppes or hye prelates that will be called lordes and yet thei be no ministers of the Gospell of Christe seldom or neuer preached Christes Gospell Now I ioy in my sufferynges for you and fulfill that whiche are behynde of the affliccions of Christ in my fleshe for his body sake whiche is the Churche of the whiche Churche I am made a Minister accordyng to the ordinaunce of GOD whiche is geuen to me emonges you to fulfil the worde of God A mistery hid from the worlde and from generacions but now shewed opēly to his sainctes to whom God would make it knowen The Apostle because he shewed before that the Gospel was preached throughout al the world and that he was a minister of it by the ordinaunce of God now he sheweth that he suffered many affliccions for it and for the health of them to whom he preached it and that he was not sory for his afflicciōs but rather did reioyse in theim for the Gospelles sake and for the health of other saiyng now I reioyse in my sufferyng and suffre mine affliccions gladly for the Gospelles sake and for you Colossiās and other of the Gentiles knowyng by that meanes God woorketh your saluaciō And in these wordes Paule maketh answere to carnall men that would obiecte to hym after this maner If this doctryne that thou preachest be true and come of God frō heauen of the whiche commeth life and eternall felicitie as thou saiest how can it bee that these that be preachers setters furth of it bee moste miserable of all men leaste estemed or regarded cast in fetters and in prison bee called heretiques lollers deceiuers of the people sedicious mē and suffre some times shameful death for his doctryne sake To these carnall men saincte Paule maketh here answere saiyng that he suffereth slaunder checkes and rebukes imprisonment and fetters not for his sinnes or euill dooynges but for the Gospelles sake and for their sakes to whom it was preached which came to healthe by the Gospell preached and therefore it was no shame to suffre for the Gospell but rather commendable that these affliccions was not hurtefull to thē that suffered vniustely but to thē that afflicted other thei were dampnable and that God suffered euill men so to afflict the good that the iudgemēt to the euill should bee the more greater and that the good should by muche tribulacions enter into ioy blisse after the example of Christ that the euill should be confounded seyng thei could by no affliccions hynder or lette the word of God to be preached or to hynder it or lette it that it should sprede abrode increase for the more the euil goth about by affliccions persecucion or death to stop the worde of God the more it goeth forwardes by that meanes God will not haue his woorde altogether stopped and hid and oft tymes it chaunceth that by euil men the worde of God is promoted and setforwardes by that meanes by the whiche euill men went about to hynder it example in Christes death and in the death of many other for Christes Gospel sake 2 I fulfill that whiche are behind of the affliccions of Christ in my fleshe for his body sake This place hath of some euill men been wrested oute of tune and from his true sence to the greate contumely of Christes bloud as thei would saie that Christes bloud was not a full satisfaccion for our redēpciō forgeuenes of our synnes but that to it some thyng lacked whiche by our woorke deede merite or affliccions should bee fulfilled and satisfied as thei should saie that Christes passion was not sufficient to take awaie the synnes of the whole worlde and as Christe had not fully satisfied for the sinnes of all men whiche thyng to thinke or saie is greate blasphemie to Christ and to his holy bloud God forbid that any any man should thinke so or say it For Christ by his death once for all hath fully and perfitely satisfied for the synnes of al mē and by one oblacion made them perfite that shal be holy Hebr. x. He entred once into the holy place called sancta sanctorum found eternall redempcion Hebre. iiii Wherfore this is an vndoubted truthe euer to bee beleued of all christiās that Christe by his passiō and death hath taken awaie all the synnes of the worlde without our workes deedes or merites for he nedeth not our woorkes merites or affliccions to purge man frō synne as saincte Ihon saith i. Ihon .i. The bloud of Christe hath purged vs from all our synnes and Ihon in the Reuelacion he hath wasshed vs from oure synnes in his bloud Of these scriptures it is certain that thei bee iniurious to the bloude of Christe and blasphemers of Christ that thynke our workes or affliccions to purge vs from our synnes or to satisfy for synnes for these bee offices onely perteinyng to Christe alone And for our afflicciōs thei bee not worthie the glory that shall bee shewed to the electe of God Roma viii What blasphemie canne bee more to Christes bloude then to thinke that oure litle nothyng can make perfite that Christ left vnperfite or can satisfy or fulfil that Christ hath not fulfilled and fully satisfied without our woorkes merites dedes or satisfacciō What can we doo that could pacifie Gods Ire