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A02347	The staffe of Christian faith profitable to all Christians, for to arme themselues agaynst the enimies of the Gospell: and also for to knowe the antiquitie of our holy fayth, and of the true Church. Gathered out of the vvorks of the ancient doctors of the church, and of the councels, and many other doctors, vvhose names you shall see here follovving. Translated out of Frenche into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe next Sandvviche. With a table to finde out all that which is contayned in the booke.; Baston de la foy chrestienne. English	Brès, Guy de, 1522-1567.; Brooke, John, d. 1582.	1577 (1577)	STC 12476; ESTC S103536	181,177	440

the lawe of workes by the whiche none is iustified but to the lawe of faith by which the righteous man liueth Who shall be of so wicked opinion to thinke that the administration of death figured in the tables of stone is not saide of all the tenne commaundementes but only of one which appertayneth to the saboth Where shall we put then this place the lawe ingendreth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression and sinne hath bene in the worlde euen vntill the lawe and sinne was not imputed when there was no lawe c. Read the chapter all at length Reade also the same booke the .31 chapter Of purgatory It is written in the Hebrewes the first chapter which sonne being the brightnes of the glorye and the ingraued forme of his person bearing vp all thinges with the worde of his power hath by him selfe purged our sinnes and sitteth at the right hand of that most highe maiestie Through Iesus Christ we haue redemption through his bloud euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes of his ritch grace In whom we haue redemption through his bloud that is to saye the forgiuenesse of sinnes to reconcile all thinges vnto him selfe and to set at peace through the bloud of his crosse both thinges in earth and thinges in heauen For asmuch as ye knowe how that ye were not redemed with corruptible things as siluer and golde from your vaine conuersation which ye receyued by the traditions of the fathers but with the precious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot And the bloud of Iesus Christ his son clenseth vs from all sinne Vnto him that loued vs and washed vs from our sinnes in his bloud If the bloud of bulles and of goates and the ashes of an heyfar sprinkled sanctifieth them that are vncleane as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the bloud of Christ which through the eternall spirite offered him selfe without spot to God purge your conscience from dead workes for to serue the liuing God Esay speaking in the person of God saith it is I it is I only that for mine owne selfe sake doe away thine offences and forget thy sinnes For I confirme that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shall be shewed vnto vs. After that the kindnesse and loue of our sauiour God to manward appeared not of the deedes of righteousnesse whiche we wrought but of his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the newe byrth and with the renuing of the holy Ghost Nowe goe to saith the Lorde we wil talke togither Is it not so Though your sinnes be as redde as scarlet shall they not be whyter then snowe And thoughe they were like purple shall they not by like white wooll And hee put no difference betweene them and vs seeing that with faith he purified their heartes There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Iesus Iesus Christ saith verely verely I say vnto you he that heareth my wordes and beleeueth on him that sent me hath euerlasting life and shall not come into damnation but is escaped from death vnto life Againe he that shall beleeue and bee baptised shall be saued Also enter in at the straite gate for wyde is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which goe in there at Obiection Agree with thine aduersarie quicklye whiles thou art in the way with him least thine aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the sergeant and then thou be cast into prison Verily I saye vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payde the vtmost farthing Aunswere Saint Ambrose sayth vpon these words of Saint Mathewe When thou shalt go vnto the magistrate c. Chrysostome vppon S. Mathewe 5. Homelie 10. Doth expounde it of the reconciliation And Theophilact vpon the same place sayth as much Likewise S. Hilarie vnderstandeth it so in his Canons Obiection Verily I saye vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payde the vtmost farthing Answere In the first of S. Mathewe it is sayde that Ioseph knewe not his wife till shee had brought forth hir first borne sonne S. Augustine expoundeth that place by the Rauen that Noe did sende forth and sayth that the Rauen did neuer returne agayne euen so Ioseph neuer knewe the virgin Marie for she is a virgin Also Sit thou on my right hande vntill I make thine enimies thy footestoole Obiection Whosoeuer shall speake agaynst the sonne of man it shall be forgiuen him but whosoeuer shall speake agaynst the holye ghost it shall not be forgiuen him neyther in this worlde neyther in the worlde to come Aunswere Chrysostome in the 12. of S. Mathewe Homely 24. expoundeth it thus Forasmuche as this sinne is not veniall you shall be grieuously punished both in this lyfe and in the life to come Saint Augustine vpon Genesis 10. booke It is better to doubt of secrete things than to pleade of incertayne things I doe not doubt but that we must vnderstande that the riche man was in most cruell torments and that poore Lazarus in ioy c. Thoughe the righteous bee ouertaken with death yet shall he be in rest The soules of the righteous are in the hande of God and the payne of death shall not touch them In the sight of the vnwise they appeare to die and their ende is taken for very destruction The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruction but they are in rest Oure Lorde sayde vnto the woman Daughter be of good comforte thy fayth hath made thee whole go in peace Agayne vnto the theefe Verily I saye vnto thee to day shalt thou be with me in paradyse Man after his death goeth to his long home Also the bodie shall returne agayne vnto the earth from whence it came and the spirite shall returne vnto God whiche gaue it Put not your trust in Princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turne agayne to his earth and so all his thoughts perishe I woulde not brethren haue you ignorant concerning them which are fallen a sleepe that ye sorrowe not as other doe which haue no hope For if we beleue that Iesus died and rose agayne euen so they also which sleepe in Iesus God will bring with him Augustine of the Citie of God .13 boke 9. Chapter The soules of the good men being seperated from the bodie are at rest and we must nothing at all doubt of it But those of the wicked are punished vntil that the bodie of those shall ryse againe to eternall lyfe and of those here to eternal death which is called the seconde death Irenaeus sayth as much writing against the hereticke Valentine Augustine

there were brought vnto him more than sixe thousande heades of little children whiche had bene cast in there for to couer and hide the whoredome of the Priestes and other Ecclesiasticall persons Wherefore Gregorie seeing the same was constrayned to saye condemning the decree that he had made against the maryage of the ecclesiasticall persons The Apostle saithe it is better to marye then to burne And I say also for my part that it is better to mary then to giue occasion of death This Epistle was founde in a library of the towne of Hollande called Aldwater Of vowes S. Ambrose vpon the fyrst to the Corinthians 7. Chap. NO man ought to be constrayned least hauing forbid things that are lawfull he doe fall into thinges vnlawfull The counsell of Toledo .8 did permitte to breake the vowes and othes made against the faith Dauid sinned in swearing that he would put to death Nabal and all his men hee did very well to breake that vowe whiche was against God And therefore he praysed greatly God for that he letted him to shead bloud by Abigail Herode made a vowe to giue vnto the daughter of Herodias that daunced before him whatsoeuer shee would aske And she being before instructed of hir mother said giue me here Iohn Baptist his heade in a platter And the king sorowed neuerthelesse for his othes sake for their sakes which sat also at the table he commaunded it to be giuen hir He did euill in fulfilling that vowe against God. Saule did euill to vowe to put to deathe his sonne Ionathas who was hindred to accomplishe his vowe by the people God hath sayde and commaunded thou shalt not kill Iephtha vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayde if thou shalt deliuer the children of Ammon into my handes then that thing that commeth out of the dores of my house against me when I com home in peace from the children of Ammon shall be the Lordes and I will offer it vp a burnt offring After the wars were ended he came home and see his daughter came out against him with Timbreles and daunces And when he sawe hir he rente his clothes and sayde Alas my daughter thou hast made me stoupe and art one of them that trouble me For I haue opened my mouth vnto the Lorde and cannot goe backe c. And he killed his daughter against the commandement of God which forbyddeth to kill Saint Cyprian the Martyr of Iesus Christ. 11. Epistle fyrst booke If the virgins haue giuen them selues with a good wil vnto Christ let them perseuere in chastitie not dissembling being so strong and constant that they attend the rewarde of their virginnitie if they will not or cannot perseuere it is better for them to mary then to be throwne hedlong into the fire through their pleasures The counsel of Arausique or Orenge the 11. chapter hath decreed that we can vowe nothing rightly vnto God but that which we haue receiued at his hand In asmuch as all thinges which we can offer vnto him are gyftes proceeding from him The counsell of Gangres in Galatia in a Canon and rule saith if any of those which keepe virginitie for the loue of Iesus Christe doe eleuate them selues against those that are maryed let them bee excommunicated or giuen to the diuell In an other Canon it is saide when a man bicause of dissembling countenance vseth strange apparell beleeuing that thereby he hath righteousnesse in him selfe and despiseth others which with honesty and reuerence doe weare caps and other comely apparell that he be excommunicated Iohn le Maire of the difference of schismes and of the counsels of the Churche Pope Gregory the seuenth was the first which made a lawe that priestes shoulde not mary Platyna in the life of Pope Pius .2 or Aeneas Syluius The Pope Pius borne at Senee aforenamed Aeneas Syluius among other prouerbes which he was wont to speake was accustomed also to saye by good right and by good cause they haue taken awaye maryage from priestes but for better cause they ought to restore it vnto them againe Iesus Christ sayth in vayne they worshippe me teaching for doctrines whiche are but mens preceptes All plantes whiche my heauenly father hath not planted shall be plucked vp by the rootes It is better to mary then to burne Of the church and howe it may be knowen and of hir authorytie Chrysostome vpon S. Mathewe .48 homily .24 Chapter THere be some who doe greatly seduce althoughe that it be through liyng yet neuerthelesse they doe preache Christe they declare the faith For they also haue orders and priestes aswell as the faithfull They doe also reade the holy Scriptures Also they doe thinke that they do giue the same Baptisme and the same Sacramentes of the body and of the bloud of Christe likewyse they doe honor the Apostles Martyrs and thereby doe cause the thoughtes of men greatly to erre not onely of the meane and simple people but also of the prudent and wyse Who shall he be whom Antechrist will not moue partly doing the workes of Christe and fulfilling al the offyces of the Christans before the Christians excepte it bee paraduenture hee which considereth that which the Apostle hath sayde Forasmuch then as Sathan himselfe is changed into the fashion of an angell of light Therefore it is no great matter though his ministers fashion them selues as though they were the ministers of righteousnesse whose ende shall be according to their deedes and not after the fayning and forme of their christianitie Chrysostome vpon S. Mathew 9. Homilie Chapt. 24. All the Christians in this present time ought to conferre themselues in the holye Scriptures For sithence the time that heresie hath obtayned and gotten hir churches men can haue no certayne proofe or triall of true christianitie And there can be no other refuge for the Christians who are willing to know the truth of the faith but the holy Scriptures Afterwardes he sayth Whosoeuer then will knowe what the true church of Iesus Christ is howe shall he knowe it but onely by the Scriptures Saint Augustine 2. Tome 166. Epistle In the holy Scriptures we haue learned Iesus Christ and in the Church we haue commonly those holye Scriptures Wherefore then is it that in them we kepe and holde not altogither in common both Iesus Christ and his Church S. Augustine .7 Tome in the Epistle against Petilian a Donatist Chapter 2. 3. 4. Amongst vs and the Donatistes is a question where the Church is What is it then that we shall doe Ought we to seke it in our wordes or in those of our heade Iesus Christ Truly we ought to seeke it in the wordes of him whiche is the truth and which also knoweth his bodie Chrysostome vpon Saint Mathewe 49. Homilie Chap. 24. Heresies are the bandes and troupe of the souldiers of Antichrist chiefly those whiche haue obtayned the place

all the Apostles The rocke giueth name to Peter not Peter to the rocke Mat. 16. 1. Cor. 3. Iohn 8. Mat. 16. Collo 2. 1. Iohn 5. Philip. 1. 2. Pet. 1. S. Augustine recanteth Iesus Christ hath builded his Church vpon him selfe and not vpon Saint Peter 1. Cor. 1. Gregorie vvoulde not be called vniuersall Pope Iohn 8. Rom. 3. Iohn 15. 2. Cor. 3. Galat. 5. Philip. 1. Philip. 2. Rom. 7. Man cannot be made better by the merit of his vvorkes Free vvill lost 2. Pet. 2. Iohn 8. Man is solde vnder sinne Iohn 8. R●●●● 9. VVe ought not to defēd free vvill or nature as the vvise men of this vvorlde doe Psal. 49. Libertie lost thorovv sin Psal. 148. No good cogitation can procede from vs but by the vertue of God in vs. Psal. 95. Ezec. 18. God commaundeth that vvhich man cānot and giueth that vvhich hee commaundeth Adam hath damned all his posteritie in himselfe Free vvill to doe euil but not to doe good Rom. 8. Augustine sayde that man hath freevvill but he doth vnderstande it to doe euill Iohn 15. Pro. 16. 2. Cor. 3. Catholike fayth destroyed by free vvill Psal. 81. Man naught of himselfe 1. Cor. 4. Genes 1. Iames. 1. Good vvorkes procede not of man. Free vvill deliuereth not No grace of God by free vvill nor by the lavve Rom. 9. Throughe sinne the free vvill is lost 2. Pet. 2. Iohn 15. Iohn 6. Iam. 1. 2. Cor. 3. Rom. 7. Galat. 5. 1. Cor. 2. 1. Cor. 12. Esay 26. 1. Cor. 12. Psal. 39. Genes 8. Ephes 2. VVe ought not to accorde vvith them vvhich do establish free vvill Phil. 2. 2. Ephe. 2. Nothing done by our vertue Deut. 9. VVee can through no vvorkes merite eternall lyfe Iob. 14. Psal. 32. Rom. 8. VVe receyued al things of God. 2. Tim. 1. Grace cannot bee vvhere merite hath taken place Grace doth iustifie vs freely Iohn 15. Oseas 2. VVe are indebted vnto God vvith all oure vvorkes VVe ought not to esteme our vvorkes Safetie in the vvounds of our Lord. Our merite is of the mercie of the Lorde 1. Cor. 1. The sonne of God hath taken oure proper flesh vvherby vve haue firme assurance Iesus Christ hath satisfied for our sinnes The proude reioyce in their ovvne strength To boast vpon merits is to be seperate from grace Psal. 32. Iames. 2. Good vvorkes are the fruite of fayth Rom. 8. Iohn 17. Heb. 2. Our proper flesh and our proper blud is in Iesus Christ and there vvhere hee doth reygne vve doe reygne vvith him Math. 11. Ephes 5. Genes 2. The death of Iesus Christ is our merite Genes 27. Psal. 32. Rom. 4. Rom. 3. 2. Tim. 4. 1. Cor. 15. 2. Tim. 2. He vvhich maketh him selfe righteous doth more than if he made himselfe a man. Phil. 3. Psal. 32. Rom. 3. Rom. 4. If GOD should revvarde our vvorkes he should finde them altogither vvicked vvold condemne vs. Gods righteousnesse giuen vs is ours Mā hath no righteousnesse Rom. 3. Rom. 7. Abraham iustified thorovv fayth only before the lavve Onely faith doth saue vs. Psal. 32. Mat. 13. Ephe. 2. God giueth his grace freely bicause he can finde nothing for to saue 2. Cor. 11. The righteous cannot abyde in righteousnes if he be not holpen Math. 9. Rom. 3. He vvhich doth pardon sinnes is god Ephe. 2. Free vvill lost by sin Gala. 2. If the strēgth of our nature coulde iustifie vs then Christ dyed in vain Rom. 10. Psal. 100. Gene. 2. If we haue povver to iustifie our selues vve neede not pray vnto God to iustifie and make vs cleane Mat. 18. Luk. 19. 1. Cor. 4. 1. Cor. 1. 2. Cor. 10. Ierem. 9. Rom. 2. Psal. 62. Mat. 16. Apoca. 22. Galat. 5. Rom. 5. Rom. 12. Ephe. 4. 1. Cor. 12. Iam. 1. The grace of God not giuen vnto vs by our vvorkes Psal. 59. There is no Saint vvhich is vvithout sinne Psal. 143. Iob. 9. Rom. 7. The ende of vertue is but a beginning Galat. 5. Our righteousnesse is only of the mercye of God. Luk. 18. Rom. 11. Esay 40. 1. Cor. 2. Sap. 9. It behoueth that faith do ayde oure debilitie VVee are debters to God. Lam. 2. S. Paule and S. Iames are not contrarie the one to the other Rom. 4. Galat. 5. Loue cannot be ydle for it forsaketh euil and doth good 1. Cor. 13. Rom. 4. Rom. 4. Iame. 2. The meaning of S. Paule and of S. Iames and hovve vvee ought to vnderstād them Luc. 7. The vvorkes of the lavve serue nothing for iustification Esay 64. 1. Cor. 4. 1. Tim. 1. Gala. 1. Act. 9. Iohn 6. Mat. 9. Mat. 5. All sinnes pardoned by fayth Iohn 1. Mat. 25. Mat. 19. The kingdom of heauen not created as man coulde merite but as God might prepare it 2. Cor. 1. Luk. 18. No remission of sinnes but of God. Rom. 8. 1. Reg. 16. Psal. 143. Luc. 7. Rom. 3. Let vs assure our selues to come to heauen through the gift of God. Heb. 12. Rom. 4. Remission of sinnes is through the bloude of Christ Ephe. 4. Psal. 32. Psal. 84. Psal. 65. Iames. 1. The trusting to vvorkes auaileth nothing to seke eternall life Rom. 1. 1. Cor. 1. Colos 1. Rom. 7. Rom. 11. Rom. 9. Ephes 2. Titus 3. Act. 15. 2. Par. 10. Titus 3. Philip. 1. Philip. 1. Philip. 3. Rom. 8. Esay 50. Psalm 3. Psal. 73.44.102 Ephe. 2. 1. Pet. 2. Philip. 1. Iohn 1. Psal. 36. Deut. 29. Psal. 119. Ezech. 36 Psal. 62. Ierem. 31. Rom. 3. Rom. 4. Genes 15. Galat. 3. Iam. 2. Rom. 4. Rom. 5. Rom. 11. Rom. 14. Galat. 2. Galat. 2. Galat. 3. Genes 15. Deut. 27. Abac. 2. Rom. 1. Heb. 10. Leuit. 18. Deut. 21. Galat. 3. Rom. 3. Heb. 11. 1. Pet. 1. Act. 15. Math. 9. Math. 9. Luk. 8. Iohn 6. Mar. 9. Rom. 6. Rom. 10. Rom. 10. Esay 28. 1. Cor. 1. 2. Cor. 10. Ierem. 9. Iere. 23. and 33. Act. 10. Ierem. 31. Mich. 7. Act. 4. Galat. 5. Rom. 12. Iob. 9. Iob. 10. Iob. 15. Iob. 25. Esay 64. Eccle. 7.3 Reg. 8. 2. Cor. 6. 1. Iohn 1. Esay 45. Esay 50. Esay 53. Titus 3. Ierem. 2. Ierem. 14. Esay 57. Act. 13. Iohn 1. Rom. 8. Rom. 8. Psal. 143. Prou. 24. Psal. 130. 1. Tim. 1. VVhat vvee ought to demaunde Psal. 141. Psal. 37. Philip. 2. God giueth vvill that vve may doe that vvhich hee commaundeth 1. Cor. 15. The lavve vveakened thorovv the fleshe Rom. 7. 〈◊〉 ●5 〈◊〉 Christ 〈◊〉 ●hou● 〈◊〉 and 〈…〉 vve 〈◊〉 to v●●●●st●nde 〈…〉 ●ne Rom. 8. Galat. 4. Rom. 10. Rom. 10. Galat. 3. Galat. 3. Galat. 5. Galat. 3. Galat. 3. Abac. 2. Rom. 1. Galat. 3. Galat. 3. Deut. 27. Iames. 2. Pro. 24. Gala. 4. Rom. 13. Mat. 22. Galat. 5. Ephe. 2. Col. 2. Rom. 3. Rom. 5. Rom. 7. Rom. 7. To loue god vvith all our heart and our neighbour as our selfe cannot be accomplished in this life Mat. 18. It is asked againe of him vvhich hath not vvherevvith to pay as also God demaundeth