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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09915	A notable sermon concerninge the ryght vse of the lordes supper and other thynges very profitable for all men to knowe preached before the Kynges most excellent Mayestye and hys most honorable counsel in hys courte at Westmynster the 14. daye of Marche, by Mayster Iohn ponet Doctor of dyuinity. 1550.	Ponet, John, 1516?-1556.	1550 (1550)	STC 20177; ESTC S115044	25,346	112

this talke of satisfactions besydes Christ for ther sinnes be stāpers treders of Christ and his word vnder ther feet with ther talke Another talk ther is wherby ye shall know them to be treaders doune of gods word which is thesame in effect as y e other was but in words diuerse They say y t we shal be saued iustified in the sight of god by our workes not by faith only here they condemne al prechars which teach the doctrine of y e kings Mai. homelies of saluation of good workes saing wrongly of them y t they condempne al good workes which thinge is very vntrue For the true prechers of goddes most holy word whō they take for this point as heretiques doo not condempne good workes but they set faith in her place and good workes in ther place teaching a diuerse office of y e one from y e other y e is to say that fayth maketh a man iust in y e sight of god good workes doth declare a man iust in the sight of god y t faith maketh a man a good tree workes declare a man to be a good tree And therfore y e prophet dauid lykeneth the good man to the tree that is planted by the waters syde which bryngeth forth hys frute in season conuenient That man sayth he hath fayth and lyueth vngodly he sayth vntreuly for fayth can not be frutles no more then fyer with out heat And therfor is fayth in the scripture alwayes lykned not to barren and frutles trees but to herynge and frutfull trees as to the fygge tree the olyue and the vyne whiche exede in plentifulnes of frute aboue other trees In the .xxi. of saint Math. gospell oure sauioure Christ cursed the figge tree when he found no fruyt vpon in why Not because the fygge tree had offendid but to geue vs example that all suche as be frutles trees be accursed of God Wherfore ye see that all good men wyldoe good workes euen as a good tree wyll brynge forth good fruts they wyl cloth the naked feed y e hūgry house the harbolles helpe to delyuer the prysoner visit the seeke yea and ther hart is at newgat and at ludgat and so foorth geuynge almes though they haue neuer a penny in their purse so that when they be of habilitie they wyll brynge forth frute and geue almes and doe all other good workes accordyngly Thys is the doctrine of the trew preachers whom these that tread doun gods woord hinder the goyng forward of it with ther talke impeache as teachers of false and arroneus doctrine to the intend to make the people vnapt to receaue the sead that is sowē I beseche god stoppe them of ther talke when it shalbe hys pleasure Another talke ther is wherby ye shall knowe suche as tread the sead of Gods most holy word vnder their feet I can say say they my pater noster mine Aue mary and my creed and the ten commandemētes and that is enoghe for me Let them preche and teache as muche as they wyll I care for none of them all But S. Paule saith y t ye must fele a certayne quiknes in your hartes of your belefe which quiknes shal make you confesse Christe with your mouthe when so euer tyme and occasion shal serue So that it is not enoge to say these lessons of our fayth with out the booke but these lessons must procede out of a quike fayth without whiche it is impossyble to please almighty God Another talke ther is wherby they tread the seed of gods most holy worde vnder their feet whiche is thys Beleue say they as your fore fathers hathe done before yow And in this mynd they counsel al men to stand and remayne styl styfly without searchinge any further To these I say that if it were a sufficient excuse for men to say We beleue as our fathers hath belefet then had the Iewes the Turkes and all infydelles a sufficient excuse saynge that they beleue as ther forefathers belefet before thē And by this reason if our fore fathers denyed Christe we must also deny Christ if oure forefathers acknoweledged the bishop of Rome to be the supreme head of the churche we must doe the lyke and so forth of the popishe masse and all such lyke trumpery which is to great an inconuenience to graunte Therfore for Christes sake good people from henceforth geue no eare to such talkers as say they will doe as ther fathers hath done before them Some other say looke howe most men doe and so will I. For he that doth as most men doeth shalbe blameles This saynge also beynge blowen abrode into the eares of the people Doth stey them from the hearinge and receauynge of Goddes moost holy worde For a confutation of this founde talke ye shall vnderstand that the great multitude and number of men be ignoraunt then if we shoulde folow most men we should folow the ignorant sort Agayn if the good men should folow the most part then should the good men become noughte for the moste parte of all the world is nought And agayne yf such mē as haue ther fayth grounded vpon the multitude had been in the thapostles tyme they would not haue receauyd Christ for the multitude of the people wold not receaue hym But cried Crucifige crucifige eum Crucyfy hym Crucify hym Moreouer yf suche men as vse this sentence in their mouthe dwelled in Turkey thynkye not but that they wold doe as most men doth What is that For soth worshipe mahometh for so dothe the most men ther. Yea and yf the matter went by the greatnes of the number and foloweth the multitude Then should the Turkes the Iewes the hethen and al infideles be sauid for they be most in number But our Sauior Christ saith Multi sunt uocati pauci uero electi Many be called but few be chosen And in the .xiii. of Saint Luk. Pauci sunt qui saluabuntur They be but few in number that shalbe saued Yesee that this sentence is an vn meet saynge to be in a Christian mans mouth Wherfor for Christes sake let vs both shune it our selues and aduertise and counsell all other to take head that they vse it not Another sayng and talke they haue whereby they occupy the eares and deceaue the hartes of the people and make them vnapte to receaue y e seed of goddes word by meanes whereof the good seed is loste troden and caste awaye and that is thys I beleue saye they as the Churche beleueth then aske them howe the churche beleueth they say as I beleue and so they teache all men to make answere as it were in a circule Truely this answere might peraduenture be borne and alowed if they meant by this word churche none but the chosen flock of Christ. Which church in dede can not erre But they meane the church of Rome by this word churche though they pretend otherwise