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A69346 The letters whyche Iohan Ashwell priour of Newnham Abbey besydes Bedforde, sente secretely to the Byshope of Lyncolne in the yeare of our Lord M.D.xxvii. Where in the sayde pryour accuseth George Ioye that tyme beyng felow of Peter college in Cambrydge, of fower opinyons: wyth the answere of the sayde George vn to the same opynyons. Joye, George, d. 1553.; Ashwell, John, d. 1541? 1548 (1548) STC 846; ESTC S100275 35,534 56

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cōstante and fast persuasion in our hartes assured vs by the holy gost certifyeng vs of the goodnes of God and of his promises toward● vs by the which persuasion we beleue verely hys wordes and ar assured in our hartes the holy gost testifyeng it in vs that he is oure God our father to vs an almyghty helper and delyuerer and that we are receyued in to hys fauour by the deth and merites of hys sonne Iesus Christ our sauyour vpon the whych belyefe and assured persuasiō we loue hym so ernestly agayne that we cease not the occasyon and tyme offred to fulfyll hys pleasures in doyng the worker of loue or charite to our neighbours Of thys lyuely faith Paul speaketh alwayes which by loue is mighty in ope ration ad Gala 5. and mente no more deade fayth in this his sentence A man is iustified by faith thē he mente of a deade man whē he alledged the prophete Abakuc saing the rightwyse shall liue of his fayth for dede fayth geueth no lyfe ¶ To be iustyfyed or to be made ryghtwyse bfore God by thys fayth is nothyng els but to be absol ued from synne of God to be forgeuen or to haue no synne imputed vnto hym of God ¶ The rightwisenes which is allowed before god that cometh of faith is sometymes in scripture cal led hys mercye or fauour toward vs in vs wher by he is moued for Christes bloudes sake to promise vs forgeuenes And sometimes it is taken fo hys truth faythfulnes in the performyng of hys ꝓmise of this is he called iust or ryghtwise faith full and true Wherfore the scripture comenly ioyneth these two wordes mercy and truthe or fayth fulnes togyther especially in the psalmes as I no ted in the argument of the 89. Psalme and as Da uid prayeth god in the. 31. psalm to deliuer hym for his ryghtwysnes sake that is for his mercies sake or for his truthes sake and in the. 5 ▪ Psal lord lede me forthe for thy ryghtwysnes sake The mercye wherby god is moued to ꝓmise vs his benefytes goeth before and hys truthe in performynge foloweth nowe the maner of the scryptures is to vse the one for the tother as the kyngdom of heuē for the gospell whych goth before and is the knowleg of the way to the kyngdom and because of hearin ge the worde cometh faith Ro. 10 therfore to heare in scripture is sometymes takē for to beleue as Iohn in the. 6. Euery man that hath harde and is learned of my father cometh to me that is to say euery mā that beleueth on the father c and in the same ca. He that cometh to me shal not hōger whi che saing the sentence folowyng expoundeth thus He that beleueth in me shal neuer thyrste or shalbe euer satysfied here to come to Chryst which foloueth fayth in him is takē for ●o beleue in hym and sometyme that at gothe before is taken for that at foloweth as maye apeare wel to them that are excercised in reading of holy scripture as the keye of knowledg and the gospell are all one for that one cometh of the tother Forthermore Paule in the. ● 19. ca. to the Ro. in the. 3 to the Phy●● declareth two maner of ryghtwysenes one he calleth the rightwisenes of the law or our owne rightwisnes the tother the rightwisnes of god or of faith The rightwisnes of the law is that at is gottē by workes of the lawe the ryghtwysnes of fayth is that wherby God of hys mercye rekeneth vs ryghtwise for our fayhtes sake Outward workes shewe vs rightwyse before the worlde but faythe iustifyeth vs before God Abrahams vtwarde dede in obein ge God and goyng forth to offer his sonne Isaac Gene. 22. and Iames. 2. was a testymonye of hys faith and declared hym rightwyse before men after the rightwisnes of the law but hys fayth iustified him before god ●ōge before ye● Isaac was bor ne Gene. 15. Also we are iustified before God only in that we are chosen in Chryst before the worlde was created Eph. 1. Of the which election and iustification our faith when god geueth it vs certyfyeth our hartes afterwarde whē our fayth breketh forth in to good workes for trve faith cā not be ydel thē are our workes a testimony before mē of oure foyth so that our fayth is a secrete and a suere persuasion to our selfe of our election before God and oure workes that procede of faith are a testimony of our fayth to the worlde of the which outward workes the worlde iugeth vs rightwyse after the rightwisnes of the lawe But here let m● take hede lest they despise the rightwisnes of faith as heresie stāde to the righwysnes of their owne workes Ot whō thus speaketh paul ●o 10. They are ignorāt of the rightwisnes whyche is alowed before god go about to stableshe their own right wisnes wherfore they are not vnder the ryghwisnes of God There Paule as I poynted you to be fore bringeth in Moyses Leuiti 18. in Deutero 30. describing these two rightwisnes as one cōtra rie to the tother of the which descriptiō I wyl not here tarye rede the places and Paules pistle to the Ro. to the Gala. vnderstād it if god wyl geue it you Thys is therfore Paules sentence to the Romans in the thyrde chapter We suppose that a man is iustified by fayth wythoute the workes of the lawe vnderstanding it of iustification and of that ryghtwisnes that is of lyuely sayth alowed before God as I haue declared it before And for the probatiō of thys sentence the Prophetes christ hys owne fel●e and hys Apostles spente all theyr labours and lyues especially Paule labourynge aboue all other to cōfyrme it as it appereth in hys pistles and especially in his pistle to the Romans Wherin he layed thys sentence of the iustyfyinge by fayth at the begynninge as hys principall proposition and chefe foūdation groūded of the testimonie of Abakuc the prophete Against the whych proposition the Iewe which sought for the rightwisnes of workes as nowe do the false Christen a non obiected saing as you do now If faith only iustifieth wherfore then is the lawe wyth so many good workes cōmaunded vs to fulfyl it Paul answereth By the lawe come men into the knowled ge of theyr syunes And because ye shulde vnderstand by the law he mente the morall law not the ●eremonial He gaue ex●ple in the 7. ca. of y ● moral law saing I had not knowē y ● cōcupiscēse had b● sinne except the law had saide Thou shalt not lust And nowe therfore saith he Rom 3 the rightwisnes of God is made manifeste with oute the lawe by y ● Gospel from faith to faithe which rightwis nes was sometime preached of the Prophe●es and proued by the testimony of the lawe And now are men iustified frely by Goddie mercy and by the re demp●ion that is ●● Iesu Christ
ge them the law and the prophetes ●osing their ●oit tes openyng theyr eyes And euen so do the preachers of goddes worde dayly that ar sent inspyred wyth his spiryt all thoughe they be but symple preistes in your eyes nether pope nor by shope occupie theyr myndes in hys law daye ▪ nyght exer cise these keyes besely turnyng thē in mennes hartes whetting the worde of god vpon them and as Paule exhorteth his Timothe preaching hys worde are feruēt in a ceason or out of ceason improue rebuke exhorte with a● longe sufferige 2. Timo. 4 These men I saye that thus preache and teach ●●●●inually goddes worde and declare it purelye haue ●hr●keyes of the kyngdome of heuē these lose whē they o●ē synners hartes into repētaunce and faith they bynde when they preache the lawe hold styl● such as beleue not theyr wordes but resyst persecute them And you M priour and as many as ne ther can nor wyll preache but persecute theym that God ●endeth with these keyes you I saye whethe● ye be Pope Cardinall byshop abbot pryou● or pre●s●e neyther loose nor binde nor yet haue you Chrystes keyes but onely those rustye traditiōs lawes of men to shut vp the kingdome of heuen ● to take awaye the knowledge of Chryst with vngodly inibicions lightenynges thunderynge of excōmanicacions threateninges persecucions impresonynges scourgynges and burnynges nothin ge fering that terryble thonder ●clappe of Chrystes owne mouthe daily thondrynge ouer your heades cryeng Mat. xxiii Wo be to you scrybes Phari ●e●s hipocrites for you shyt vp the kigdome of heuen before men and neyther your selfe enterī nor yet suffer you suche as wolde come therto to enterī And yet feare you not this terrible threatenige of euer lastynge dānacion hanging ouer your heades These are your counterfetted kei●s and false peste lent persuasions to driue the peple frome the knowlege of Goddes worde and their saluaciō which worde is the key and hygh waye to the kyngdome of heauen ye saye it is harde and derke ▪ for the laye peple but wo be to you saith I say ca. v. that tel thē the lyght to be darkenes ▪ you saye that the scripture in Englishe wold make sedition brede errours heresies amonge the laye men so to be euell for thē but wo be to you saith I say that say that th●●e which is good to be euell ye saye the letter slayeth the is vnsauerie and bytter for them but wo be to you sayth I saye agayne that say y ● which is swete to be bytter Thus is the holye ●lear● good and swete gospell of Christe belyed shamefully blasphemed of you If it be bytter vnsauery it is an euyll sauour it is koucred and darke to you that pe ry she sayth Paule 2. Corin. 2. 4. It had ben beter for you to haue obeyed the counsell of Gamaliel Act. 5. then thus so manyfestly repugned faughte against god but you ar so blinded with your own malice that you ●e not how syth you inhibyted the preachers and the worde of God to be ●aught and redde of the laye men and persecu●ed it the more it enc●eseth it groweth it spreadeth it thrusteth you downe declarh●h you openly to be the very Pha risaes scribes hipocrites and eue● the very Antichristes that Christ and his apostles prophecied to come in the laste dayes Repente repente you therfore and ●e conuerted to God aske grace and mercye that he wyll illumyne youre hartes ● lose you wyth the keyes of the knowlege of his holy word and vnlocke your wyttes out of this blynde ignoraunce and vnbelyefe Amen ¶ But yet syr yf your learnīg be so encreased sith the time that you chased me away wi●h these your letters that you can make me thys obiectyon taken of Mark in the secōde chapter and Luk in the 5. that ●t is only god that forgeueth synnes and so the Apostles forgeue thē not Thē I answere you that ther ar many thinges pertayning only to god whych be of hys infinite goodnes geueth vnto vs and calleth thē ours The keyes which ar the worde ●● his yet he calleth the worde ours and many thinges that were wrought with the same wor de as in mat 10. where he sayd to the apostles He ha●●e y ● sik make clene the leprose raise y ● dede castout deuels which al were his workes yet he gaue then power to do hys workes The word where with they dyd these miracles was hys worde and yet he called it theyrs sayng Who so euer receyue not you nother wyll heare your wordes c ye and euen our owne good workes as we beleue it is he that worketh them in vs as testifieth Isai● the. 26 and yet is he contēte of hys liberalitie that we bare the name of them and be called our workes but he rewardeth hys deades in vs saith Augustin Y● this solutiō satisfieth you not then remitte I you vnto lyke maner of speache a ●eremye 15. Where God bad Ieremie caste oute the Iewes from hys presens saing Eiice illos a facie mea And yet god ●asted them out hys owne selfe and euen so in lyke autorite he said to the Apostles Whose synnes so euer you forgeue they are forgeuē c. For after the familiare phrase and v●hemence of the Hebrewe speach as the professours of that tōge affirme When god ●ad Ieremie ●aste them forth he wold nothyng els but that he shulde tell and preache thē to be caste forthe and ledde in captyuite yf they amended not theyr lyuynge so when he sayd to thapostles Whose synnes so euer you forgeue c. He ment that to whom so euer you preach and tel thē theyr synnes to be forgeuen yf they beleue in me ● chaunge theyr lyfe theyr sinnes are fongeuen For ●s at Ieremies preachinge the vngodly were castoute so at Thapostles preachynge the penytent beleuers haue theyr synnes forgeuen And the vnbeleuers are holden captyue in theyr synnes ¶ M. Priour of New●hams seconde opinion NOw as touchynge your seconde opynion which you say that I held That faith with out workes is sufficiēt verely I neuer sayd so but I myght say that by fayth wythout workes a man is iustified whyche is Paules sayinge in the third cap. to the Romās this sentence I beleue as ●● we with Paule hold it for nō opynion And for a declaratiō of this Paules sentence I wyll first tell you what is faith what it is to be iustified before god what is the ryghwysenes of faith First ye shall know that the apostle defineth faith in the ▪ 11 ▪ ca. to the Hebrews saing that fayth is the very sure substanciall beliefe of him whych is the same thynge that we hope for that is to say faith is an infal●ible vndouted certaintye in our hartes wherby we beleue and truste in the inuysible God and to open thys definitiō yet more playnely Fayth is that same