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A02883	The seconde parte of the Domesticall or housholde sermons for a godly housholder, to his childre[n] and familie: compyled by the godly learned man Christopher Hegendorffine, doctor most necessarye for all faythefull housholders: now first translated out of laten in to English by Henry Reginalde.; Domestycal or householde sermons. Part 2	Hegendorph, Christoph, 1500-1540.; Reginald, Henry, fl. 1548-1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 13022; ESTC S113439	23,987	67

about y ● end of theyr lyfe they be brought somwhat to remēbraunce of their synnes and repente of their synnes and geue the victory onely to the trueth and vnto the mercy of Iesu Christe But peraduenture here welbeloued childrē again you would know of me whether the holynes of y ● church may by any meanes be hid from Christ Or whether the church of Christ may bee knowen by any exteriour sygnes as I haue said a litle before wherin I wylsygnify vnto you the churche of Christ to be ▪ wheresoeuer the pure worde of God is taught and the sacramentes administred as Christ hath instituted them the people be styrred to liue godlye where they do pray vnto god for kynges princes and al ordinary gouernours and rulers Behold these be the signes of christes church when therfore I do professe and saie I beleue the holy churche I confesse this chyng I beleue that there is vpon the earthe a companye of holye saintes whiche do beleue in Iesus christ of the whiche company I am one yea and a membre of the same and professe that I am a partener of all good thynges whiche they do In the which company I am associate vnto thē by the holy Ghoste for that that I haue hard the word of God and now heare it Iesu Christ graunt that we may be in his holy Churche and that we maye continuallye there remayne So be it ☜ ☞ ❧ The .xiiii. domesticall or how●holde sermon to their chyldren of the remission of synnes Last of al ye haue heard wel beloued chyldren that we by the holy ghost and by y ● word of god are associat to the holy church And heare now what thyng is doen in the church the holy ghost beyng our guyde There foloweth in our belief I beleue y ● remission of sinnes Here I do confesse that I doo beleue the holy churche to haue the remission of synnes The remissiō of synnes is when our sinnes are forgeuen vs freely by Christ Whiche forgeuenes is made by the preachyng of the woord of god and the administration of the sacramentes among the church of Christ and geuen to vs by onely Iesus Christ both through his merites and promise For thus saith S. Paul Rom .iii. cha Verely ●e are iustified frely by his grace that is the grace of god by the redēption which is in christ Iesu Ephe .i. chap. By whō that is to say by christ we haue forgeuenes remissiō of our sinnes by his blud The same words Paul writeth Colloss .i. chap. And Christ hym self sayeth in the last chapter of Luke This ought Christ to suffer and ryse the third day frō death and vnderneath his name repentance remission of sinnes to be preached amōg all nations And Paul saieth Actes .xiij. chap. Be it knowen to you O ye men that by thys that is Christ remissyon of synnes is declared vnto vs. But wherefore do I tarry in bringing forth so manye testimonyes of Scripture as who should say that all holye scripture were not full of testimonies that by only Iesu Christ the remission of our synnes is graunted and promysed to vs ▪ and it is not only fortified by y ● opē places of scripture but also cōfirmed by the sētences of many holy men For what other thyng doth baptisme represēt and what doth y ● supper of the lorde also then y ● by onely Iesu christ y ● forgeuenes of our sinnes is both gotten promised For the which thyng I trust we shall haue leysure at an other tyme to speake more of Furthermore for that that we are made partakers of y ● remissiō of sines by crist both gotten and promised vnto vs only oure faith in Iesu Christe causeth it for who that dooeth beleue and that with all hys hert that Christ came into this world for this cause was borne suffred death was crucified and rose frō death y ● he myghte attain the forgeuenes of synnes he truly hath optayned the forgeuenes of hys sinnes for the whiche thing welbeloued chyldren let not your conscience doubt and beholde I wyll set forth here before you a fewe places of scripture which ye shal haue alway in remēbraunce Christ saith Iohn in chap. As Moses hath exalted the serpent in desert so must y ● sōne of man be exalted that all whiche beleue in hym shall not perishe Balat .ij. chap. We do beleue in Iesu crist that we shal be iustified by faith and not by the workes of the law Furthermore to be iustified as ye haue heard ofte is to obtayne the forgeuenes of sinnes or els of an vniust man to be made iust Ephe .ij. chap. With grace are ye made safe by faith Act .xiii. chap. By him that is by christ remission of sinnes is declared vnto vs in that thyng that he whiche beleueth is iustified And this S ▪ Ambro ●…n his commentaries upon y e iii● chap. to the ●o ▪ whiche place I wyll declare by the way Thei be manifestly blessed whose 〈◊〉 be forgeuē them without any labour or anye worke and that offences be couered so that to their iustifica●ion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 required no workes of thē but only that they should beleue As I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of these places welbeloued 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 easily vnderstand that only 〈◊〉 in christ doth remitte vs of our sinnes But here perchaunce you would say And how is this faith gottē in Christ Heare with a fewe wordes faith is gotten in Chryste ▪ partly of heryng the word of god or the ghospell partly of the holy gost whiche maketh vs beleue the promises of christ Paul Ro .x. chap. saith Faith commeth by hearyng and hearyng by the woord of god Peter saith Actes .xi. chap. That when he did preache vnto the Gentiles the holy ghost did fall among thē Whiche place as many other mo doth proue plainly in the actes of the Apostles that the holy ghost did stirre vp the hertes of men by the word that thei might beleue 〈…〉 y ● now 〈…〉 belief ▪ 〈…〉 nnes is ▪ 〈…〉 yng 〈…〉 g as 〈…〉 church● ●● w●●ch 〈…〉 ly ●h●●org●●●enes o● 〈…〉 e is both for ●hat that god y ● fa●●●● for Iesu Christes sake hath forgeuen vs our synnes 〈…〉 ● also for that that we offending ou● an o●her do forgeue one an other Wherfore welbeloued children pray vnto Christ y ● he would vouchsafe to admit vs alwaies as of his churche for those that be not of his churthe they neuer obtayne the forgeuenes of their sinnes those be not of his church which wil deserue y ● forgeuenes of their sinnes by their own merites and not by y ● gospel faith in Iesu christ 〈…〉 we haue declared said of this 〈…〉 ēt●y for this tyme. The fiftenth domestical or houshold sermon to their chyldren of the resurrection of the dead Fewe men welbeloued children do willingly dye and y ● cause is as I thinke partli for that we ar more desirous by our nature of life thē death