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A02928	The vvay of lyfe A Christian, and catholique institution comprehending principal poincts of Christian religion, which are necessary to bee knowne of all men, to the atteyning of saluation. First delyuered, in the Danish language for the instruction of those people, by Doctor Nicolas Hemmingius, preacher of the Gospell, and professor of diuinitie, for the Kynge of Denmarcke, in his Uniuersitie of Hafnia: and about three yeares past, (for the commoditie of others) translated into Latine, by Andrew Seurinus Velleius: and now first, and newly Englished, for the commodity of English readers: by N. Denham, this yeare of our redemption. 1578.; Via vitae. English	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Denham, Nicholas.	1578 (1578)	STC 13067; ESTC S103963	117,088	234

contrary to his godly will Furthermore where they say Christians are made free Therfore They are not vnder the Lawe To that I answere thus True it is Christians are made free from the Condemnation of the Lawe from sinne and hell but not so that in the meane season it may be lawfull for them to doe what they list they are for this cause made free that they should serue God alone loue him and their neighbour asmuche as lyeth in their whole powers as the Lawe exhorteth and teacheth If moreouer they go forwarde to say Christe gaue commaundement touching the preaching of the Gospel to euery creature but touching the Law he commaunded nothing at all I answere Christ commaunded forgiuenesse of sinnes to be preached but what is sinne but transgression of the lawe Now then If Christians haue no lawe then it must needs be that they neither haue any sinne Beside this Christe himselfe and the Apostles doe exhorte all Christians to bringe foorth frutes of repentance that is to say good works according to the lawe of God The laste argument of the Antinomians is such The holie Ghost say they teacheth Christians Therfore They neede not the lawe O how foolishe and friuolous an argument is this They should rather haue cōcluded thus The holie Ghoste teacheth Christians Therefore we neede teachers and the worde namely The Lawe and The Gospell For the holie Ghoste doth then teache and mooue the heart of man when the word is receiued by y e eares in which word the Holie Ghoste will be of force in those which heare it and by faith imbrace the same We see then how not onely folishly but wickedly they doe whiche dare snatch away from vs the lawe of GOD and throwe it out of the Christian congregations and affirme that the same is not to be taught Leauing therefore the contagions mischeefe of this errour let vs giue thanks vnto God for communicating vnto vs his Holie Lawe and let vs further beseech him that he would giue vnto vs his holie spirite by the which many thinges acceptable and pleasing vnto him may be doone of vs. For if the Diuell had obteined this victory of vs that hee had spoyled vs of the lawe of GOD as hee had successe therin in Paradise what should let y t hee should not againe make vs giltie of death and eternall dampnation For hee which learneth not to acknowledge his sinnes by the Law the same doubtlesse knoweth not how to embrace grace by the Gospell Hee which can not esteeme his sickenesse or the greeuousnesse of his disease the same must of necessitye haue a negligente care of seekinge foorth a holsome medicine IN THE SECOND ORDER of those which erre about the doctrine of the lawe are they which in deede doo reteyne the lawe and doo rightlye affirme that it is to bee taught in the Churches of Christians but this they falsely affirme That whosoeuer will may by his owne power and minde fulfill the Law by this meanes attaine righteousnesse beefore GOD and merite eternall life The falsenesse of this opinion I will in such wise shewe by manifest demonstrations that euery one may easily perceyue that no man amongest all men the onely man Iesu Christe excepted is able to fulfill the Lawe of GOD. The Condition of humane nature in all men yeeldeth vnto vs the first argument of this our asseueration The same is such that all men euen frō the very natiuity are vnpure vncleane and thrall vnto sinne Forasmuch then as it is euident that from a rotten and stinking fountayne no water can bee drawne but rotten and stinking it is manifest that man beeing vnpure and defiled with sin cannot yeeld pure syncere and vndefiled obedience vnto GOD. Therefore Salomon sayth Eccle. Cap. 7. There is not a man righteous vpon the earth which dooth good and sinneth not And Iob. Chap. 14. VVho can make that cleane which commeth of an vncleane seede truely no mortall man can bring this to passe For wee do all draw our beginning from a sinfull lumpe and an vncleane roote and is it possible that the fruicte should bee better than the Tree it selfe therfore this demonstration of the proofe standeth sure VVhosoeuer are vncleane can not yeeld cleane and pure obedience to the lawe of God But all men only IESV CHRIST excepted which from the lawes of byrthe customable and common to nature is exempted are by nature vncleane Therfore No mortall man can fulfill the lawe of GOD. The second argument wherby it is conuinced that no man can fulfill the lawe of GOD is taken of the vniuersall experience of man For there is no man found in the vniuersall worlde who askinge his owne heart and examining his owne conscience shall not straighte waye finde himselfe to bee farre of from that perfection which the Lawe requireth Who perceiueth not him selfe to haue doone oftentimes things not to be doone and againe to haue left vndoone things to be doone And albeit some dare boaste much of fulfilling the law doone by themselues or by others yet notwithstanding the iudgement of their owne heartes is against them selues whiche although it lye hid from the sight of men yet it is euident and lyeth open vnto God which seeth weyeth and tryeth all the cogitations and affections of the heart of man The third argument whereby it is proued that no mortall man can fulfill the lawe of God is required Of the iuste Iudgement of God who condemneth onely the giltie and the transgressors of his diuine lawe and commaundements Forasmuche then as no man is free from the iudgement of God and punishmentes namely sicknesses aduersities and at the laste death it selfe which do all fal in by reason of sinne that is to say for transgression of the law of God who doth not heereby easily perceiue and without doubt concludeth that al men are giltie and transgressours of the law of God so that by the workes of the Law they can attaine no righteousnesse The fourth argument is taken Of the contrarietie of the Lawe and the nature of man For the lawe is Spirituall but the nature of man is Carnal which thing Paul proueth Rom. 7. where he saith VVe knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne that is to say I am so subiect vnto Sinne that I am neuer so free from it that I may fulfill the spirituall lawe of God but I giue thankes vnto God by IESVS CHRIST which for my sake hath aboundauntly perfourmed all that which I my selfe coulde not perfourme This argumente Paule handleth at large in the Chapter euen now cited of vs. The first argument wherby it is prooued that no mortall man can fulfill the lawe of God The voyce of GOD himselfe doth offer vs in Moses the Psalmes and the Prophetes and so foorth in the whole Euangelicall and Apostolical Scripture Genes 6. GOD saw that the mallice of man was greate vpon the earth and all the thoughtes of his hearte were

aboundeth aboue sinne Neither is the hugenesse of this sinne so great but the grace of GOD in our Lord Iesu Christ is a thousand folde greater And forasmuch as it is moste certaine that GOD would not the death of a sinner but that hee should be cōuerted liue I affirme this sinne against the holy Ghost to be forgiuen to all those whiche doe earnestly repent and desire forgiuenesse for the merite of Christe But heere it may bee obiected that Christe doth manyfestly teache this sinne not to bee remitted neither in this worlde neither in the world to come therfore this sinne seemeth to be greater than the Grace of God GOD forbid yea farre of be that It is moste firmely to bee beleeued that y e Grace of God doth farre abound aboue the sinnes of the worlde Why then is it not forgiuen To this Paule Hebr. 6. maketh aunswere Because they cannot be renewed againe by repentance And that for this cause because they haue vtterly denyed the true foundation of repentance namely The sacrifice of Christe without the which neither any healthfull repentance or conuersion by faith can be made vnto GOD neither is there any other sacrifice which without this alone is able to take away sinne Repentance and Remission of sinnes sayth Christe must bee preached in MY NAME Wherefore whosoeuer doth repent and with a sure faith embrace Christ and his sacrifice doth moste assuredly by faith obtaine forgiuenesse This sinne is therefore called IRREMISSIBLE because that they which commit the same doe for the moste parte continue in their wicked purpose and neuer flye to the Grace of God by Iesus Christ our Lord. For he which imbraceth the grace of GOD hath not FINALLY renounced the sacrifice of Christe which alone remaineth the cleanser away of all sinne These thinges I purposed breefely to speake concerning the sinne against the holie Ghost because I perceiued many in this behalf to be not rightly instructed and fewe hetherunto to haue rightly iudged and plainly to haue written of this matter The thirde benefite IT hath bene spoken hethervnto of the seconde benefite of Christe namely That hee cleanseth vs from all sinne but this sufficeth not vnlesse VVee also become Righteouse For inasmuch as Righteousnesse is the very way to euerlasting life no man euer obteyneth the same but he which is Righteous Therefore Christe saith If thou wilte enter into life keepe the Commaundements But to keepe the Commaundementes is to declare him selfe Righteous according to the Lawe And albeit no man fulfilleth the law of God as we before haue shewed neither obtayneth Righteousnesse by the workes of the lawe yet the will of GOD remaineth vnmouable That none is admitted to the possession of eternall life but he which hath that righteousnesse whiche the Lawe requireth The Sonne of GOD therefore came into this worlde and tooke mans nature of the virgin Mary and made himselfe subiect to the lawe and fulfilled the same so that he hath obtayned Righteousnesse by the woorkes of the lawe This Righteousnesse of Christe GOD and MAN sufficeth in the sight of GOD beeing imputed to all those which beleeue in him For as by the disobedience of one we all are giltie so we all as many as beleeue in Christe by the righteousnesse of one are reputed Righteous This is the same thing which Paul saith Rom. 10. Christ is the end of the law to saue all those which beleeue in him The ende of the lawe is called THE FINAL VVIL OF THE LAVV that those things may be done which shee willeth and commaundeth She willeth Righteousnesse which when she hath gotten shee resteth neither condemneth she any man whiche obtayneth the same Christe is the ende of the Lawe not for his owne cause but for theirs which could not fulfil the lawe so that he imputeth his owne righteousnes which he hath obtayned by the law to all those which beleeue in him that the lawe can not by any right either accuse or condemne them Therfore Paule saith Christe is the ende of the Lawe to saue all which beleeue that is to say whosoeuer beleeueth hath that whiche the Lawe requireth namely Righteousnesse which is the way of saluation Heerevnto it maketh which Augustine saith That which the lawe commaundeth Faith obtayneth And againe Christe hath made our sinnes his that hee might make his righteousnesse ours Therefore there is now no condempnation as Paule saith in them whiche are in Iesu Christe because in them satisfaction is made to the Righteousnesse of the lawe It is therfore diligently to be obserued that we fulfil the law but not by our woorks but by the works of Christe which imputeth the righteousnesse of the law to vs which beleeue For this cause Paul saith VVe are not vnder the law but vnder grace Vnder the law wee are not because the law findeth not in vs what she may accuse forasmuch as we are in dowed with the righteousnesse which she requireth Christ hath redemed vs from y e curse of the law first by deriuing into himself the paines vpō the Altar of the crosse which wee had deserued Furthermore by fulfilling the law and imputing vnto vs his owne righteousnesse with the which we beeing indowed may appeare in the last day righteouse when Christ cōmeth a righteous iudge of the quick and the dead Of this Righteousnesse Paul intreateth 2 Cor. 5. Him which knew no sin God made sinne for vs that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him This Righteousnesse of GOD is The obedience of Christe whereby he satisfyeth the lawe for vs. Therfore when we heare or read That man is iustified by faith without the workes of the law in the sight of GOD that is so to be taken not that man by y e works of the law done of himselfe is iustified but that by faith he imbraceth Christe who by his own obedience or works is perfectly righteous in y e sight of God imputeth this his righteousnesse of the lawe to all those which beleeue in him Moreouer this righteousnesse is called the Righteousnesse of faith because it is imputed to the beleuing Of Christ because he hath satisfied the lawe Of GOD because with the same he is pleased and contented Let these things suffice to be spoken concerning the third benefite of Christe namely his Righteousnesse which he imputeth to the faithfull whereof mention is also made before where we haue disputed of the true vse of the Lawe The fourth benefite of Christ THe fourth benefite of Christe is HOLINESSE or SANCTIFICATION For when Christe forgiueth vs our sinnes and taketh vs out of the Kingdome of the Deuill and imputeth vnto vs his owne Righteousnesse hee doth also therewith sanctifie vs and imputeth his holinesse vnto vs which are made y e mēbers of his body For this cause it is that Iohn 1. Iohn 1. calleth the comany of all such as beleeue in Iesus THE COMMVNION OF THE SAINCTS Whereon also dependeth the article of the Symbole when