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A04546	An confortable exhortation of oure mooste holy Christen faith, and her frutes Writte[n] (vnto the Christe[n] bretherne in Scotla[n]de) after the poore worde of God.	Johnson, John, professor of holy divinite.	1535 (1535)	STC 14667; ESTC S103726	34,279	76

An confortable exhortation of oure mooste holy Christen faith and her frutes Writtē vnto the Christē bretherne in Scotlāde after the poore worde of God Oure glory ❀ At Parishe ▪ M.d.xxxv Ihon Ihon sone an humile professor of holy diuinite do grete you all with grace and peace in the lorde The eternal faueour of almygty God be vith you strēgth you and kepe you accordinge to his godly pleasure that ye be founde without any spot at the comminge of the lorde when he shall rewarde euery man after his deades Belowed brethren I gyue laude ād thākes vnto my God for he hath made you rych in all godly virtue for youre faith groweth excedingly and eueryche one of you floweth ower in lowe to warde a nother amōge youre sylfes and to warde al mē God hath blessed you with all maner of spiritual blessinges in heuēly thinges by Christe accordinge as he hath chosen you in hym thorow lowe before ye fundation of the worlde was layd And he hath ordeyned you to be holy ād without blame in his sight and hath chosen you before vnto hym sylfe to be heyres of his eternal glory thorow Iesus Christ by whom ye haue redemption that is to saye forgeuinge of synnes And he hath openned vnto you the mistery of his wil. And hath sealed you with ye sprite of promes which is the ernest of youre enheritance to redeme the possession purchassed vnto the laude of his glory Wherfore I gyue thankes vnto my God and prayes for you with gladnes because of the fellishippe which ye haue in the Gospel from the first daye vnto now And I am sure certifieth of this that he which begāne an good worke in you shal performe it vnto the daye of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me to iudge of you all Thankes be vnto God beloweth brethern ye neade nor to be teach it of any mā for that oyntment which ye haue receawith theachit you all thynges Nor withstōdinge I wil not be negligent to put you in remembraunce of youre dutie thought ye knowe it youre sylfes and are also stabilisshed in the present trueth For I thynk it mete as longe as I am in this tabernacle to stere you vppe by puttynge● on in remēbraunce for as moch as i am sure howe that the tyme is at honde that i must put of this my tabernacle I wil enfoarce therfore that on euery syde ye myght haue wherwith to stere vppe the remembraunce of this thinges after my departynge The good that i mo do vnto you i wil not prolonge when i am present with you i wil exhort you by worde yee by the worde of God as my deare bretherne in the lorde When i am absent by writtinge vnto a prosperous iorney by the will of God fortune me to come vnto you ād haue cōsolacion to gyther with you thorow y e cōmē faith which both ye ● haue Be not displeased of my hōmelynes dearly beloweth for lowe causeth me to iudge of you euen as my sylfe i do vnto you as i wolde ye did vnto me for i am yours and ye are myne and ve all are Christis and Christ is Gods so ve are Gods aune possession Sen ye are of God yee ye wil gladly heare Gods worde And that causeth me to writ● the boldly are for in my writtinge and sayenge both present and absent ye shal nor fynde the worde of man but the very true worde of God And aboue in you some what i trust and reioyce ād that causeth me to writ this litle treatyse rather vnto you then to any other And euer i wil exhort you as my well beloweth brethern in the lorde besechynge you to receaue it with pacience And thought my knowdledge a greith not well to soch an office yet after the grace geuen vnto me of God i haue obeyit In the which ye that are of faith shall feale hys mighty powere thought ye fynde no worldly visdome for y e preachinge off y e crosse is to them that perisshe folisshnes But vnto you which are saued it is the powere off God whois grace remane euer with you and make you stronge in his inuincible trueth Amen ¶ Of faith BElowed brethren aboue all thinge be stronge and stedfast in youre faith as S Paul teached Aboue all take ye y e shelde of faith wherwith ye maye quench all the fyrie dartes of ye wicked Therfore be ye sober and watch for youre aduersary the deuil as an roringe Lion walker about sekinge whom he maye denore whom resist stedfast in the Faith As Ihon saith ī his reuelation Beholde y e deuil shal cast of you in presone to tēpte you be faithful vnto the deeth I shall geue y ● an croune of lyfe Vithout this faith saith Paul It is vnpossible to please God Therfore be stronge in youre faith This faith is the very rocke where on the chirch is hildeth as saith oure saueour ap one this rocke I vilbilde my congregation And Paul saith in an other place No man can laye a nother fundation then that which is layde which is Iesus Christ that is tho saye y t faith of Iesus Christ and in an other place saith he ye nowe are no moare strangers ād foreners but citesins with the saynctes and of the housholde of God and are bildet apō the fundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christ beynge the heed corner stone in whom euery bildinge coupled to gether groweth vnto an holy temple in the lorde in whom ye also are but to gether and made an habitacion for God in ye sprite The fundacion of the wal of the cite saith Ihone was garnisshed with all maner of precious stonis The fundacion of the cite of Ierusalē the chirch of almigty God is faith which is garnisshed with the greate mercy and goodnes of God abundantly as with all maner of precious stonis or with all kynde of good workes precious acceptable vnto God for faith can nor be ydel bot worketh thorowe lowe yee good to all man like as a good tree bryngeth forth good frute a good tree cā not brynge forth bade frute Also an good mā out of ye good treasure of his herte brīgeth forth good thīges Faith thorow lowe is myghty in operacion for faith bryngeth the sprite of God and the sprite of God bryngeth lowe And lowe worketh no ewil but al good So faith continualy worketh good to all man and maye be callit the fūdaciō garnished with all maner of precious stonis For by faith ve are iustifieth and made righteous before God As it is written Nowe merely is the righteuesnes that commeth of God declared without the fulfillinge of the lawe hauinge witnes both of the lawe of y e Prophetes The righteuesnes no dout which is good before God commeth by the faith of Iesus Christ vnto all apon all that beleue For there is no difference all haue synned

thorowe vnbelefe but was made stronge in the faith and gaue honour to God and stedfastly beleued that he which hath made the promes was able also to make it good and therfore was it reckened to hym for righteuesnes It is not written for hym only that it was reckened to hym for righteuesnes but also for vs to whom it shal be counted for righteuesnes so we beleue on hym that reysed vppe Iesus oure lorde from deeth Here Paul shewet what faith was in oure father Abraham we shulde beleue in hope contrary to hope as did Abraham which contrary the hope of his natural strength or powere belewed in the strength and powere of God infulfillīge his promes So shulde we beleue surly to obteyne they thinges which God hath promised to vs thought they be vnpo●sible to vs to obteyne them after oure naturall weake powere God hath promised to vs eternall life which is vnpossible to vs to obteyne after oure weake naturall powere because we are synners yet thougt it be vnpossible to vs to obteyne it of oure sylfes because we are sinful It is not vnpossible to God to geue it to vs accordinge to his promes Therfore let vs with Abraham beleue in hope aboue hope in Gods righteuesnes aboue oure vnrighteuesnes In gods trueth aboue oure lyes In Gods mercy aboue oure synfulnes In Gods power aboue oure weaknes Let vs haue faith with Abraham in gods promyses And we shall reioy with Abraham in receawinge of thesame thynges promysed This faith is not knowē of the worlde nether be y e naturall man it for it is an super naturall gyfte geuen vnto man frely by god As saith Paul ye are made saue by faueoure throwe faith and that not of youre sylfes for it is the gyfte of god and commeth not of workes lest any man shulde bost hym sylfe Belowed brethern sen ye mo not haue this faith of youre sylfes but it is an excellēt gyfte of god mother of all godly virtue which he of his kyndnes mercy geweth vnto you frely Therfore crye with the Apostles vnto y e lorde to increase youre faith And with the man which hath the possessed sonne which sayde o lorde i beleue sucker myne vnbelefe That god seen ge youre powerte in the sprite and takynge heed to youre peteous complayne mo graunt youre peticion and make you rych by his precious gyfte of faith And not only seke ye youre awne health but the health of youre brethern prayēge to god to sent faith on the ertha●d plant it in all quarters y t all nacion maye prayse god which only hath immortalite and duellit in light that no man maye attayne whom newere man sawe nether cane se vnto whom be honour and rule euerelastinge Amen ¶ Of vnfaithfulnes DEarly belowed brethern vnfaithfulnes is the mother of allwice ād synne for it bryngeth forth all kynde of synne euil Lyke wise as euil frute cōmeth of an euil tree So of vnfaithfulnes commeth no thynge but euil As aduo●rie fornication vnclemes wantānes ydolatrie witchecraft hatred zele wra●th stryfe sedition partetakinges enuyinge murther dronckennes glottony and soche lyke ▪ As saith oure saueoure an euil man out of the euil treasure of his hert bryngeth forth euil thynges This euil treasure is vnfaithfulnes which bryngeth forth all kynde of euil and synne be which cause it is only before God reckened synne as saith oure saueoure The holy goost whē he shal come shal rebuke y e worlde of synne be cause they beleue not on me And it maketh an man worthy of eternall damnation as it is writen Whosoeuer beleueth not shal be damp●ct And in a nother place Héth at beleueth not is condēpned already This vnfaithfulnes maketh god to hat vs as saith the scripture The wraeth of God commeth apon the chyldren of vnbelefe And in a nother place saith Ihon the baptiser He that beleueth not the sonne shall not se lyfe but the wraeth of God abydeth on hym Vnfaithfulnes is no other thynge but lackynge of faith euen as darknes is but the lackynge of lyght So the vnfaithful lacketh faith ād be y e same cause al that cōmeth of faith as hope lowe ioy peace longe sofferynge gētlenes goodnes kepynge of promes meknes tēperaunce ce And in steade of them is full of allwice as vane presumption hatred dispare and all abhomination Nether is it possible to hym to lowe god or his brethrē nor to do any thynge pleasesynge to god For whatsoeuer cōmeth not of faith y e same is synne For he is by nature euil and perceaueth not y e thynges of y e sprite of God for they are but folishnes vnto hym He is blynde and knoweth not where hence he goo but is led by y e power of darknes Of y e vnfaithful saith Paul Yf oure gospell yet be hid it is hid amonge thē y t are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of thē which beleue not lest shulde shyne vnto thē y e light of y e glorious gospell of christe which is y e ymage of God and in a nother place The vnfaithfull is lyke y e wawes of the see tost of the wynde and caried wyth violence nether let that man thynke that he shal receaue any thynge of God A wauerynge mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes Belowed brethern this i saye not to youre rebuke but to theyrs whosoeuer lacketh faith which shal be knowen and iudget of the faithful by they re frutes As saith oure saueoure Ye shal knowe them by they re frutes Herefor study and labour that ye be not found vnfrutefull but that youre vnfayned faith mo be knowen by her frutes and youre brethern mo see her frutes and glorify youre father which is in heuen For there is many of whom alace with sorowe i cōplayne That confesse that they knowe God but with deades they denie hym and are abhominable and disobedyent and vnto all good workes discommendable They do shayme so moch as is in thē to oure moste holy faith They seke in all thynges the libertie of the flesshe and not the prayse of the lorde nor the health of there brethern and do dishonour the gospell of God This i saye that ye knowōde soch fautes in others awoyde them from youre sylfes and behaue youre sylfis as it becommeth saynctes And beare youre frute in holynes As saith Paul Ye which beleue in god be studious ●goo forwarde in good workes This thyngis are good and profitable vnto men Folisshe questions and genealogies and braulingis and stryfe aboute the lawe awoyde for they are vnprofitable and superfluus A man that is the auctor of sectes after the first and the second amonition awoyde remembrynge that he that is soche is peruerted and synneth euen damned by his awne iudgement Of these thyngis i wolde ye were