vnto the attaynment of this effect of christis passion wel let them couple wrapin their own works to for their iustificacion and theÌ„ in so doing shall thei procure their own daÌ„p nacioÌ„ For all owr good works or rightwisnes saith Isay ar right filthye and naught and so miche the worse then naught for that thei be set in so highe a place egall with christes blode whiche is a playne blasphemye These vnright rightwysemakers wold serue two contrary masters at once the Pope and God to the gospel and the popis lawis but whyls thei thus halt on both sydis with â—aalâ— preistes thei serue trwlye the deuill which hathe no concord with christe nether shall there any papiste nor christiane beleue them for in conclusion you shall see them to be iustifyed nether by workes nor faith but dampâ—ed for their vnbeleif noman beleuiÌ„g nor louing them by their wiked works pro curinge themselues the hatered of all men Nowe to his articles ☞ The effecte of Christis passion hath a condicion The fulfilling of the coÌ„ dicion diminissheth nothinge theffecte of christs passion God is the lyght will not be taught with derke and confuse termes Isaye prophecyed of Christe that when he shulde come he shulde not be derke and difficile or harde in his doctryne Nowe spekest thow playnlye sayd his disciples And Paul reioysed gretely that he had so syncerely and frely preached the gospell Christe tolde his that thei shulde be the lyghte of the worlde purelye clerely to teche especiallye the cheif principals of the christeÌ„ religioÌ„ of which the psal hathe Manifest and clere ar thy wordes oh lorde theâ— illumyn and geue vnderstandiÌ„g to the litle ons But and if gods word apere to vs hard and derke our own sluggishnes negligence and ignauye is the cause therof If it be derke it is derke to them that hate the lyght If it be vnsauery it is so to them that lyste not to taste therof It is harde rydles to them whiche ar so wyse in their owne consaites that thei disdayne to lerne of anye man as it was to the seers hearers and vnderstanedrs which herd christe vnderstode him not so blynde at none dayes the gospel now clerely comen that thei stagger reele in the clere lyght lyke the dronken crownes of prowd Ephraim Moab â–ª Belyke Win. is a shamed of the playne simple wordes of christis gospell as of theis wont and comon wordes Forgeuenes of synnes faith workes but goth about to kouer them with his condicions effectis fulfillings and confuse knowleges The scriptures know nonother effect and condicion but remission of synnis vpon this condicioÌ„ that we beleue chryste to haue dyed for them and to haue risen ageâ—e for owr iustificacion Thou shalt call his name Iesus said the aungell to marye for he shall saue his peple from their sinnes Mat. i. Therfore was chryste listed vpoÌ„ the crosse that as manye as beleue in him shuld be saued Euery man may see that Win. enteâ—beth some iugling caste with his confuse coÌ„dicion which he dare not expresse calling it works speking planely Theffect of christes passion hathe workes whose fulfillinge cÌ„ But play on yet a gods name Winchester ☞ Thei that wil enioy theffect of christis passioÌ„ must fulfill the condion Yet will ye not expresse your condicioÌ„ wel then will I expresse it for you for I knowe yowr mynde is to proue works to iustifye This is Win. article Thei that will enioye the forgeuenes of synnis must do good wor kes And so he enteÌ„deth as ye shall see a non aâ—tir his wyse deduccion to conclude his folisshe conclusioÌ„ Yet playe on Winchester a gods name aboue the borde ☞ The fulfilling of the condicioÌ„ rquireth fyrst knowlege of the coÌ„dicioÌ„ which knowlege we haue by faith Ah good faith where hast thou ben all this whyle hath this iuggler kept the this long in his bagge vnder the borde Thou haste ta ried all to longe for Win. wilbe iustified by his condicion ere thou comest Here might I aske winâ— whether works which ar his coÌ„dicioÌ„ be before faith or faith before his wor kes By his processe works go before faith â—nd so must his workis be synne and displea sure to god For what soeuer is not of faith saith Paul is synne And with out faith it is impossible to please god If faith goth before works then must faith onely iustify or els is it no faithe as I shall nowe proue by Paul which geuiÌ„g to faith hir essencial diffi nicion ioyneth it immediatly essenciallye vnto things inuisible adsewered vs by hope saying Faith is a substanciall â–ª adsewered pswasion of thingis hoped for with a sewer hope and confidence euen the certaynte of thiÌ„gis inuisible God inuisible so intyrly ioi neth himself to faith that in the faithfull he dwelleth and thei in him Faith therfor all wais inseperably is ioyned to gods mercye his grace remission of synnes to saluacion and life eternall thorow christe which all ar inuisible things hoped for But Win. dreaming vs forthe his newe fayned faith cowplethe her to an externe knowlege of what maner a visible fulfilling I can not tel you nor yet of what a fonde confuse condicion nor yet of himself expressed Ioyne thou thy faith to an vtwarde visble bodely thing and so is it nether faith nor hope Blessed ar thei that beleue and see not Nowe must winch â–ª proue his condicion with the fulfilling and knowlege therof to be things inuisible hoped for as eternall lyfe cÌ„ or els his faithe shalnot be that faith which Paul diffineth christe so often mencioneth in his gospell ☞ This faith comith of god this faith is a good gift it is good and profitable to me It is profitable to me to do wel to excercise this faith This faith so farof flitted from thinuisible iustificacion whether it be the gift of god profitable to winchester I dowt it â–ª but this am I sewer of by christes owne words that when winch hathe done all that god hathe commaunded him which I dare saye he shal neuer do and so neuer fulfill his condicioÌ„ yet is he but a seruant if he be not a â—orde vnprofitable I wold aske win when he loketh and considereth firste theffect of christs passioÌ„ whether he beleued it or no If he did not beleue so was he theÌ„ an infidelâ— If he beleued it seing it is the promised forgeuenes of synnes in crystis blode whether bele ued he it to be effectuous to himself or onely to other men If to other not to himself â—â— is his faith and the deuils faith all one 〈…〉 beleued his own sinnis to be forgeueÌ„ therby so was he iustifyed by faith onely ere any other condicioÌ„ was known or spokeÌ„ of or els he muste make christe a lyer which saith
yonge man that wolde go to heuen by doing some good works asking christe Good Master what deedis shall I do to haue lyfe eternall whose mynde christe seâ—nge did set him but certayne of the easyest commandements to fill fyll them And he sayde as for these I haue done them all redye well then sayd Christe or rather so thought If ye will nedis go to heuen by doinge I shall set you to do siche deedis as I knowe well ye will neuer do yea thei be impossible for you to do them euen to sell his substance and to geue it to the pore and so to folowe him now going forth to Ierusalem to suffer dethe What did this man I praye you howe farre went he with christe think you went he not his way heuy ly from christe And yet will Win â–ª go to heuen by doinge and fulfilling his harde condicion I dare say he wold sâ—ratche his head twyse as did this riche man ere he sold his bisshopryke had geuen it to the pore And therfore Christe pronownced that it is impossible for siche riche men to come to heueÌ„ God therfore trusted vs so litle with the ful fillinge of the lawe and so by this condicion to come to heuen that he toke it out of owr handes and layd it vpon his sonne crysts bake to be fulfilled For if he had lefte our saluacion in owr own hands to be deserued by owr workes we had bene all dampned Yet saye on Winchester once agene ☞ Ergo I maye do well by the gyfte of god before I am iustified towardes the ataynement of iustificacioÌ„ Now declareth he by his well doing for the ataynment of his iustificacion to be iustified by works Here is his condiciou declared to be works Here he sheweth himself to be arrâ—gantlye bolder then Dauid or iuste Iob whiche bothe feared their works and desyered god not to entre into iugement with theÌ„ for theÌ„ shuld there noman be iustified in his fyght and agen saith Dauid lorde if thow shuldst obserue owr iniquities who shal staÌ„de before the in iugemente vncondempâ—ed But Winch â–ª maye do well in the month of Maye before men ere he be iustifyed before god and so reioyce of his own ioyly iustifycacion rydinge vpon his horse or mule He wolde fayne here wrap in his workes with his faith both togither into one bed to warme and winne his iustificacioÌ„ that he might be sewer by both togither for the mo the beter to be iustified Sed pallium ambos operire non potest saith Isaye but the couerlet is to narow and to short to kouer them both one of them therfore is lyke to lyebare arse and a colde For god to whom we be maryed by faith and mercye is a ioylous god and wilnot that any of his spouses shuld ly with a nother to diuide their faith froÌ„ him to wor kes to be iustifyed by them nor to separate forgeuenes of sinnes froÌ„ his blode Is christe diuided And therfore if this iusticiarye by his may well doing before he be iustified towerde thatammeÌ„t therof so proced towarde his entente he may be as the fryers and monkes were wont to saye in via perditionis persectionis I wold saye but vnto the very iustificacion shall he neuer come euen men of a corrupt mynde caried awaye of diuerse lustes euer lerning and neuer comen vnto the knowlege of the trwthe for siche deceyuers shall go forthe worse and worse tyl their wikednes be rype leading wother into errours their selues being blynde and far out of the way turned vnto vayn speche false doctryn williÌ„g to be seue doctours yet vnderstoÌ„de thei not what thei say nor of what thigis thei make actes articles institucioÌ„s But play on yet agen oÌ„ce M Win. ☞ There is euer as miche charite towerde god as faith â–ª and as faith en creaseth so do charite encrease This is trwth nether ought it to be impugned if he take faith charite as Paul taketh them There muste nedis some trwth be mix ed with lies that he might the slylyer deceiue and some sugar meÌ„gled with his venom that he mighte the priuelier poyson What then Winchester ☞ To thataiment of iustificacion is required faith and charite Faith onelye saith Christe and Paul is required to thatainmeÌ„t of the iustificacioÌ„ whiche is of God nether is charite excluded froÌ„ faith but from the efficacye effect and office to iustifye For to this effect office is faith alone sufficiente effectuously As from fyer or from the sonne we exclude not heate nor brightnes but yet haue heat and brightnes their sondry effectes and offices for the heat warmethe and with his bryghtnes the sone shyneth and geueth lyght Charite hath many fayer effectes and offices attributed onely vnto herself as proper and is highly com mended for theÌ„ as is faith extolled of Paul for hir offices in the Hebrewes And I dare saye charite is content with her owne workes called benigne pacient c so that she de syereth not to put hir elder syster faith oute of hir cheif office nor yet to vsurpe any part therof whose office principal is alone to iustifye but and if Win. wyll defraude faithe of hir effecte and imparte it vnto charite he shall offend bothe charite and faith This is certayne that if charite had had any siche an excellent effect and office as to iustifie Paul wold not haue omitted it but wold haue ge uen hir the glorye therof setting it forth before all saying Charite iustifyeth charite is benigne pacient c. I wolde Winc. wolde once shewe vs where he fyndeth this text in scripture Charite iustifyeth It is writen in manye places faith iustifyeth by faith God testifyed our fathers to be iustified yea and that with out the works of the lawe Frely doutles ar meÌ„ iustified by grace saith Paul thorow the raunsom and redempcion made by the anoynted sauiour whom god the father hathe setforthe to be the free mercyfull gyfte or seat of mercye thervpon to be apeased thorowe faith in his bloude setforthe I saye to declare himself faithfull and trwe of his promyse concerninge the forgeuenes of synnes hitherto committed and paste which sinneâ— god the father had not anoÌ„ punisshed but pacieÌ„tly suffred them to declare his loÌ„ge sufferinge and himself to be trwe of his promise at this present tyme wheÌ„ himself wold be known and declared faithfull and iust in that he iustifieth who soeuer beleueth and li ueth in Iesu by faith Where is theÌ„ now thy gloriouse hostinge oh Win. It is playnely excluded shut oute of dores By what reason by the reason and vertew of works Nâ— no but by the reason of faith We conclude therfore saith Paul that by faithe a man is iustified with oute the works of the law â—o here is all gloriacion of works blown down laid flat in the duste by the reason and
¶ George Ioye confuteth Uvinchesters false Articles I Chaunced vpon certayn Articles entitled to the Bysshop of Winchester called Steuen Gardiner which were writen ageÌ„st doctor Barnis and his ij felows breÌ„t M. D. xxxix for preching onely faith to iustifye By these his articles Winchester wold proue that workes muste iustifye that is to saye with owr workes we muste merite the remission of owr synnes Whiche doctryne as it is coÌ„trarye to Gods worde so is it iniuriouse to Christis blode Whose godly name is One alone for all sufficent euen that same precious hid tresure in the gospell in whoÌ„ saith Paul are all the tresures of wysdome and knowlege hyden For in him dwellethe the moste perfit fulnes of god verelye in him ar we complete eueÌ„ perfitly iustifyed with owt any inweiuing of Winchesters works This thinge do I tell you saith Paul leste any man as nowe wolde Winch. decoyâ—e you with his apparent Popissh perswasioÌ„s This full iustificacion by onelye faith Paul expresseth clerely in these words also This owr euerlasting liuing preist intercessour Christe abydeth for euer vnto this ende euen absolutly fully and perfitly with oute any lak or breache to saue all them that thorowe him by faithe come to God the father Here ar we taught Christe to haue an euerlasting preisthod to saue perfitly and suffici ently thorow owr faith only and that he euer liueth vnto thissame ende Wherfor for the defence of owr so plentuouse and perfit redempcion and for the ryche fauour mer cye of owr heuenly father and free forgeuenes in christis passioÌ„ thorow owr faith onely and that the glorye of his grace wherby he hath made vs his derelye beloued chosen childern thorow his beloued sone shulde be praysed by whom we haue redempcioÌ„ thorow his blode euen the remission of synnes according to the riches of his so plentuouse grace vnable to be minisshed to defend this my lord gods glory I saye to warne the simple vnlearned that thei be not deceiued by siche blasphemouse Bisshops articles I shall by gods helpe iustly by his worde clerly confute them althouge he yet teache and preche them into his own dampnacion and deceiuing of as many as beleue him In Pauls tyme there strayed about a certayne idle sorte and secte of heretyks called Nazares or Minei the moste subtyle kinde of men in paintinge and perswadinge their false doctryne These heretiks troubled and ê‘uerted the chirchis wel instituted of the apostles especiallye the Galathens Antiochens and Romans agenst whose heresyes Paul did wryte so mightely and ernestly coÌ„futing theÌ„ These pharisais laboured in the same heresye in which Winch. now techeth and writeth mixinge the obseruance of the law with the grace of the gospel eueÌ„ works with faith to iustifye These Nazares confessed Christe to be god and man that he dyed rose agen cÌ„ but vnto him onelye thorowe owr faith thei attributed not all owr wholl iustificacion but parte therof as now dothe Win. to the works of the lawe as vnto our own merits and parte to his passioÌ„ making christe a sauiour to halues But is christe diuided saith Paul These heretyks descended out of the faccion of the pharisais as nowe do owr iusticiaries owte of the Pelagians whose rightwysues saithe Christe excepte owrs excell more aboundaÌ„tly we shal neuer come to heuen These Nazares were Iewes born but in name thei wolde be called christians and yet nothing holdinge the benefite of the grace by christe confounding the lawe with the gospell merits mixed whith grace free forgeuenes with deseruinge by works contendinge noman to be saued by christe recepte he being circumcised kept the lawe of Moses Agenste whom Paul with so greate labour farre otherwyse instituted his chirches preching and writing constant ly owr synnes to be knowne and shewed vs by the lawe and not therby to be takeÌ„ away onely the grace of faith thorow christe to mstiâ—re all nacioâ—s Happye it was that those heretyks sprong vp in his dayes whose pistles we haue yet so mightely clerely coÌ„fusing and pressing down these heresyes now crepte vp agene by Winch. The cheif articles of the christen religion vpoÌ„ the which all other ar staied and grown ded is that in christe Iesu is all sufficiencye and perfeccion of forgeuenes of synnes and saluacion of whose fulnes we receiue grace for grace as saith Iohn wherfore as manye as be iustified ar iustified by thonelye faith in him and by nothing els as by any subsydiary attaynment as Winchester wold haue his helping wilworks vnto this full iustificacioÌ„ in christe the perfeccioÌ„ of the lawe This is the some of the hole gospel This is the stacion of the cause the argument material of all Pauls pistles eueÌ„ the treadsole or growndsole where vpoÌ„ as the dore is tur ned and returned so ar all his arguments processe there vpon treated and retreated speciallye in his pistles to the Rom. Gala. Hebrews â–ª And nowe sith this Bisshop stereth vp afâ—esshe these olde heresyes we can haue no better armour and argumentes theÌ„ Paul made agenste him fixste warninge vs of siche sedicious secte sowers saing There ar many ruÌ„nres abrode of whom I warned you oftyn but now with weeping teares I warne you agen eueÌ„ of the enimies of christes crosse whos ende is dampnacion whose belye is their god and their glorye shall ende with shame whose care and study is sette vpon erthelye thinges I can not meruel enoughe at this bisshop fyghting so ernestly for good works to iustifie that he dothe none himselfe but persecute christes chirche so cruellye presone petiously and destroy the pore innocent lombes of God christis own bodye I passe ouer his luciferyn pryde affâ—bicion arrogaâ—cye viciouse liuing c aboue Nero Iuliane Traiane Herode or any soft Sardanapale Belyke he beleueth not his owne articles for if he did he wolde do better works for his owne iustificacioÌ„ The fru tes of Pauls faith being once a pharisaye of Win. opinion were the persecucion of christes chirch aboue mesure as himself testifyeth and as all like pharisais haue euer done and do it still vnto this daye God conuerte them once as he did Paul So be it We therfore with Paul and Christe affirme owr onely one alone Sauiour Chryst for his owne merits and owr faith into him thorowe the fauour of his father apeaced in him to iustifye that is to absolue vs from owr synnes to geue vs life eternall This owr onelye sauiour we preche and wryte to be the onely rightwysues wysedom holymaker redempcion and satisfaccion sufficieÌ„t for all that beleue in him And if there be any that thinke christes rightwysues his satisfaccion his merits and redempcion made for vs of his father not a sufficient iustificacioÌ„ and forgeuenes of their synnes but that thei muste sette their own works chekmate with his passion redempcioÌ„ to helpe forth
â—s thou beleuest so come it to the. WheÌ„ Iairus desiered cryste to come and helpe his daugh ter and in christs coming Iairus his seruaÌ„t met him saying decease not christe owr master no farther for your daughter is dead What said cryst said he not to him fear not Beleue onely and she shalbe salfe These same wordes Onelye beleue stande bothe in Mark and â—uke What coÌ„dicioÌ„ els theÌ„ faith onely in christis promyse can Win. fynde to enioy theffect of christis passion Christe all condicions els set asyde onely faith mencioned said Thy faith hath saued the. What coÌ„ dicion els then faith did Christe requyre of the childs father praying him to caste the euill spirit oute of his sone Added he anye thinge els then faith saying If thou canâ—te beleue all thingis ar possible to the beleuer Awaye winchester with your confuse comberouse condicion sonde fulfyllinges and your craftye knowlege â–ª and abuse not the precyouse gyfte of faithe to serue yowr syn full affectes to proue your blasphemouse coÌ„ clusyon But yet perchaunce Winchester wyll answere to my former question That wheÌ„ he beholdeth the forgeuenes of his syn nes in crystis passion he seeth also therwith his condicion Well be it so TheÌ„ aske I him whether the forgeuenes of his synnes ther beholden and himselfe hearinge Christe cal linge and krying Come vnto me Wuiâ— laden with synnes and I shall case the whether I saye is it more profitable for him by faith to sethold of the forgeuenss of his sin nes nowe offred him by christe that can not lye or to tary and sende him worde that he will fyrste knowe and fulfyll his condicon A wyse man wolde thinke it moste profitable to set holde fyrste by faith vpon his iustificacioÌ„ frely nowe offred him and to take the thing certayn present rather then so precious a gift neglected to labour in an vncertayn condicioÌ„ For if his condicioÌ„ be the wor kis of the law as he will not denye it which it is impossible for anye flesshe to fulfill as Paul affirmeth and all owr beste workes ar infected with Adams byrth poyson stayned lyke the sike womaÌ„s clothes as I saye saith And if Win. I saye tary tyll he hath fulfil led his condicion he shall come to shorte of his iustificacion in christe For ere he beginneth to fulfill the condicion he is disobedieÌ„t to christes callinge and refuseth the forgeue nes of his synnes of which vnfaith full diso bedience what soeuer deed foloweth it is sin ne yea and that a greuous synne as Samuel eraggerateth it vnto king Saul albeit he did it as thei saye of a good eâ—tent Nowe saye on yet agen winchester ☞ Ergo by the gift of god I maye do well before I am iustifyed Yea mary this is the coÌ„clusioÌ„ I waited for â—o now hath he concluded of himselfe that he maye do well before he be iustifyed This his well doing standeth vpon the fulfilling of his coÌ„dicioÌ„ where ye see he hath his faith and his workes and yet is he not instifyed ergo in that same tyme before he is iustified is he not iustified by faith nor by his works Here ye see playnly into what confusion be bringith himself and what it is to reason by his own witte withowt any worde of scripture Wold god the papistes had no wyser â—iuines to defende their false religion seldeÌ„ ar these popisshe lawers good diuines He saith he may do well and I saye he may do euill to It becometh a lerned man so to conferre the scriptures trwly vnderstandeÌ„ that he be sewer and certayn of his coÌ„clusioÌ„ But perchaunce he take this word May for the mery moâ—the of May next april and then am I content to tary tyll May come ageâ—e for the verifying of his conclusion waiting for his well doing for hitherto god knoweth he hath done miche euill The lorde amend him befor May or els take him shortly away AmeÌ„ Because Win. hath no scrip ture to proue his conclusioÌ„ I wil helpe him but yet I commende Standish agenst Doctor Barnes for he laid on scriptures wryteÌ„ and vnwriten englisshed and vnenglisshed as thik as hayle vnderstod not one worde what he sayd euen the very doctours paynted of Paul to haue erred frâ— the trwe faith and loue and ar swaruen vnto vayne lyes which wolde be sene Doctours of the lawe and yet vnderstande thei not what thei saye nor of what thing thei affirm But to Win. conclusioÌ„ Thou knowest good reader that in scripture there is mencioned a dead faith and a fayned or false faith And also there is a rightwysnes of the lawe or owr rightwys nes and also a like iustificacion one of faith before god a nother of works before men WheÌ„ Paul had mightely ê“ued onely faith to haue iustified before God the Iewe not being content with this concluson obiected sayinge What then shall we saye of owr father Abraham Gote he no iustificacion by his works he was a good father and did ma ny good dedis It is trweth sayth Paul but yet hath he not to reioyse therof before god but onely before men Now let vs set vp my Lorde Gardiner in his Deluets and Satyâ— aloâ—te vpon his â—â—le trapped withe veluet with gylden sterups and bridle c with his ientle men bare head chayned with gold before and aftir him Who wilnot say but there rideth a princely prelate a gloriouse Bisshop to orne and honor an hole realme See what a clenlye sorte of tall men he hathe aboute him what costlye liueries geueth he what a mayny of idle belies daily fedeth he Hath not Winch. lo wherof to glory before men is not this a ioyly iustificacion Nowe foloweth his conclusion of himselfe saying ergo by the gift of god that is by these worl dely giftes I maye do well before worldlye men of flesshly iugement before I be iustified before God yet iustifyed gloriouslye in whiche I reioyce before men This is his Iewisshe iustificacion wherof the pharisais so highly reioyced insomich that christe told them that he came not to call siche iuste meÌ„ but sinnerâ— to repentance warning the peple that exâ—pte their rightwysnes abounded a boue the pharisais good dedis thei shulde neuer come to heuen And Paul saithe that men ignorant of the rightwisnes or rightwisemaking of god and seking to set fast as now doth Winch. their own rightwisnes thei be neuer subiecte to the rightwisnes of god Winchester yet knoweth not the office of the lawe to shew vs our sinnes to work wrathe to make sinne the more to abounde as Paul proueth it to the Romans so farre of must it be to iustifye Nether yet knowth he thoffice and proper place of faithe nor yet what thing faith is but coÌ„ceiueth a certayn fantastical opinion therof as doth euery spe culatiue pharisay and idle hypocrite And a man shulde speke astir the very order of nature and
of the tyme he must nedis set faith before works as is the tree before it blometh and the blomes before the frute The seade iâ— caste into the erthe before it growthe and frâ—â—tifieth The sead is the worde of God sayth Christe And nighe vnto the is the worde of faith euen in thyne herte and mouth Faith is effectuous and worketh by loue And the ende of the precepte is loue owte of a pure herte by faith harts ar made pure sayth Peter and a good conscience and of faith vnfai ned I thinke Win. is not so ignorant in his Gramer as to englisshe this texte of Paul Fides que operatur per â—ilectionem as did Iohn fisâ—her the bisshop of Rochester in his sermon at Pauls crosse and aftâ—rwarde prin ted thus englisshed faith which is wrought by charite so settiÌ„g the carte before the horse and like an vngodly gardener to peruert and turne the rotes of his plantes and herbes vpward of which I herde as it were an olde prophecye xl yeres agoo that siche an Antichriste shuld come to peruerte the iustificacion of faith and turne Christes religion vpsedown I am sewer he wilnot set works before faith no not in the yong baptized infants nor yet in Paul at his conuersioÌ„ nor in the thef hanginge by christe crucifyed It is trweth that workes beinge the frutes of faith standing in their own place proceding out of faith iustifying diminish not theffect of christs passion For we ar made in christe Iesu to do the good works which god hathe prepared that we shulde walke in them We ar saued frely by faith saith Paul yea that not of works for it is the gyfte of god that we be saued by faith and not for our works lest any man shuld reioyce in his own dedis But if winc put his works in the place and office of faith as the condicion with out the which noman is iustifyed so diminisheth he yea he is iniuriouse and blasphemouse vnto theffect of christis passion for by this doctrine his diminute imperfâ—cte and wiked workes shulde deserue vs forgeuenes of synnes as though christes bloude and so plentuous a redempcion in christe were not sufficiente If by the lawe saith Paul meÌ„ be made rightwyse so is christe ded in vayne Loue muste fulfill the condicioÌ„ saith he ergo the works of the lawe ar his condicion Ro. xiij Nowe let vs see what loue god asketh of vs for if we haue not that loue we shall neuer fulfill Win. condicion God coÌ„mandeth vs to loue him with owr hole hertes minds soulis with all owr strength and owr neighbours yea and owr enimies to as owr selues yea and that euen as christe loued vs which died for vs being his enymies He biddeth vs to be perfit and holy as himselfe is not to be so angrye with our brother as to prouoke him with any euill worde to anger nor to desier any other maÌ„s good seruaÌ„t wife c no not to loue our oun liuis in his cause but to haate our flessh dye for his sake Now tell me Win. if any one man hath this loue and so fulfilled your condicion or els dare yourself affirme to haue fulffylled it if ye haue not ergo by your own words ye shall neuer enioye theffect of christes passion and yet speke I not of the perfit faith and hope that euery man in god is bownd to haue beware therfor Win. how ye set your saluacion vpoÌ„ so harde a condicion leste ye come to shorte of the gates shuttinge with your v. folisshe virgens If you had once fulfilled as you neuer shall your condicion and so perseueringe you nede not to praye Father forgeue me my dettes nor neuer to saye your Pater noster For ye owe no loue nether vnto god nor maÌ„ ye haue payd all And yet saith Paul owe ye nothing to any man but mutuall loue shewinge loue to be a dette euer in paying and neuer full payd We shal answere for euery idle word saith christe But if Win. had accomplisshed his condicion so might he go play iustle in iugement with christe for his saluacion hauinge no nede of Christis passion then mighte he clayme heuen of dewty make grace no grace which is a mere free gyfte vndeserued of any man and thus were he one of those iuste prelates whom Christe sayde he came not to call Is not he a prowd foole to whom wheÌ„ god geueth a free iustificacion in christe yet wil he refuse to take it but vpon a condicioÌ„ that he deserue it with siche works as himself is ne uer able to performe what arrogante foole wold thus condicion himselfe agenste gods wyll Peter considering this importable coÌ„dicion sayd by faith god purifyeth their her tes and wherfore theÌ„ do ye now tempt god somich â—aing siche a voâ—â— vpon mens necks which nether owr fathers nor we be able to bere By the grace of owr Lorde Iesu christe we beleue vs to be saued as were owr fathers If we shuld say that we haue no sinne in vs so ar we lyers Wherfore the scrip turis conclude euery man to be a sinner and iâ—fidele that of almen God â—oughte haue mercye And that the promyse oute of faith in Iesu Christe shulde be geuen to the beleuers Onely Christe fulfilled the lawe And if Winâ— wold mok out Paul sayinge that when he concluded so oft man to be frely iustifyed by faith onely withowt the workes of the lawe that he ment by the workis of the lawe but circumcision and the other ce remonies now abrogated and not the lawe of the commandements Then let him heare Paul expowning himselfe of what lawe he ment answering to siche obieccions By the lawe saith he cometh the knowlege of sinne and I had not knowne coÌ„upiscence to haue ben syn had not the lawe sayde Thou shalt not haue any concupiscens or luste And theÌ„ when he wrote his pistles circumcision and the rytes and ceremonyes were abrogated among the christen Iewes and the Gentyles neuer were bownde to them as was Abraham iustifyed by faith onely ere the law was writen and before he was circumcised And Peter sayd that this same lawe whiche Paul excludeth from iustificacioÌ„ and Wine callethe his condicion is a yoke importable which proueth it not to be circumcision nor any of their ceremonies of Moses law for these were lyghte enoughe to bere lyghter easyer theÌ„ to not luste or desyer any thing agenst gods will or for a riche maÌ„ to forsake all giue it to the pore or for Win. to cast of his pryde his bisshopryke with all his vaynglorye and to become the humble pore pure persecuted precher of gods worde It is red that there was one man that by suffring doinge and fulfilling the lawe of the commandements came to heuen euen chryst onelye In Math. we reade of a nother
powr of faith for as faith humbleth geuethe all glory to god so do works puffe vp man and ascribe glory vnto men If theffect of christs passion shuld depend of the condicion of our works we shulde neuer be sewer certayn of our iustificacion for all our works ar vnperfit and fowle as the sike womaÌ„s clothes Paul himself did his office so trwly that his conscience could not accuse him of any faut and yet he sayd Non tamen in hoc iustificatus sum yet for so doing am I not iustified ☞ Euerye thinge is to be called freelye done wherof the beginninge is free and at lybertye with owte anye cause of prouocacion So is there nothing frely done For man ha uinge his humane naturall affectes as loue hatered feare ioye heuines gladnes concupiscence honger thirste c. Besydes these also hauinge any celestiall gyftes as faith hope c must nedis be prouoked of them to do or to suffer all thingis But the liberty of the spirit conceiued by faith wherof Christe and Paul speke affirming by faith himselfe to be free and by loue to be bondman to all men is of an higher diâ—â—nite theÌ„ this popissh lawer or cowrtlye rufâ—er can attayne vnto Forhte on Winchester ☞ Faith must be to me the asseweraÌ„ce of the promyses in god made in criste if I fulfill the coÌ„dicioÌ„ loue must accoÌ„plisshe the coÌ„dicioÌ„ whervpoÌ„ solowth thatainmeÌ„t of the pro myse accordinge to Gods trweth Yet dare not he expresse his condicioÌ„ saying playnly Faith assewereth me of the promise of god if I fulfill the lawe but Win. nor none els but onely christe fulfilled the law ergo nether Winch. nor any els standinge this condicioÌ„ shal neuer be assewered of the promyse of God Paul argeweth another wayes excludinge the condicion that men mighte be the sewerer and certayner of the promyse For if the promyse shuld stande of an vncertain yea impossible condicion who shalbe certayn and assewered of the promyse Thus argeweth Paul By the works of the lawe came not the promise to Abraham or to his fead him to be thayer of the world but by the rightwisemaking by faith For if thei that will be iustifyed by the workes be therfore made thayers so is faith and beleue in vayne and the promyse voide and frustrate For the lawe worketh but wrath ergo it worketh no good works to the ataynment of iustificacion It worketh wrath for that it is impossible to be performed and accoÌ„plished of man whiche is flesshe as Paul constantly affirmeth and therfore it wrappethe all the workers therof to be iustifyed therby vnder the curse For as many as staÌ„de vpon the works of the lawe to this ende euen for their iustificacioÌ„ ar yoked vnder ex ecracion and tyed to the curse Gala. iij. For where iâ— no lawe there is no transgression Wherfore Paul nowe concludeth agenste Win. saying out of faith is the heretage ge uen lyke as oute of grace that the promyse mighte be the more fernie and sewerer vnto all the sead not to it that is onely out of the lawe but also to it which is oute of the faith of Abraham Paul in spirit did see befor this Winchesters condicion to frustate the promyse and therfore he confuteth it here so cle rely And agen vnto the GalatheÌ„s If anye wolde obiecte saying ergo the lawe is ageÌ„ste the promises God forbid saith Paul but if there had ben a lawe geuen whiche might haue geuen lyfe then no doute iustificacion might haue comeÌ„ by the lawe But the scrip ture coÌ„cluded all vnder syn that the promyse the promise I saye out of the faith of Ie su Chryste shuld be geuen and not deserued to the beleuers Thus ye see howe with so many wordes paul excludeth Win. impossible condicion to make faste the promyse in Christe that owr faith might be the sewerer stayede and cleaue to it If onelye vnbeleif dampneth why shulde not onelye faithe iustifye it is a good argumente of contrarye But yet because Win. wyndeth in his condicion so harde for the atainmente of his iustificacion by works I wolde fayne se some one of his good works so perfit pure with oute anye carnall affecte annexed ether of vaynglory or of loue to himselfe or for fere of payne not done nor for hope of rewarde or any lucre promocion or to recenâ—e a beter thinge for the doinge therof oute of so pure an herte that it be not done of any affeccion to the persone but onelye of faith â—ele for the glorye of god profit of his neighbour or onely to mortifye his owne affectes and to set naught by himself to abnegate and re nownce his estimacion and glorye to be renewed in spirit and to folow christe mekely to dethe Paul acknowlegeth himself com playueth in his most perfeccion not to be able to do that good which he wold do but to do that euill which he wold not do â—e dirst not call in this condicion to atayne his iusti ficacion therby but constantlye affirmed as many as stande vpon the workes of the law to fulfill them therby to be iustified ar yoked vnto the curse of the lawe saying Cursed is euery man that abideth not in althingis wryteÌ„ in the boke of the lawe to performe them I wonder therfore that Win. dare stande vpon his condicion to be fulfilled to ataine any parte of his iustificacion therby Dare he clayme thinke ye any parte of his iustificacion for burning of Doctor Garnis and his felows for prechinge agenst theise wikekly armed articles Tell vs Win. didst thou burne them so cruelly of loue and not of haatred or enuy trwely loue burneth noman for preching the trweth charite enuyeth not cÌ„ Abi igitur post christum satana Come bak deuill aftir christe thou art sclauÌ„ derous to his crosse for being maried to thy nown witte thou sauourst not the heuenly and godly iustificacion but siche one as naturall reason perswadeth emong men euen one good turne for another to be done and so to deserue thy iustificacioÌ„ But be it in case that Win. thus condicioninge with God hath in his own opinioÌ„ done some good dee de wherby he dare claym his iustificacioÌ„ yet shal not that same deed serue him to that einmente of that effecte For were it neuer so good yet doth his false opinion in his deed make it dampnable But lett vs speake of a good deed absolutely excluded from all car nall affectes if any man maye do siche one this deed is not owre deed but the deede of god working it in vs for what deed soeuer procedethe owte of owr corrupte nature is naught It is god saith Paul that workethe in you accordinge to his good mynde bothe to will well also to performe your work Nether ar we apte and able to thinke somiche as a good thoughte out of owr own selues but all our ablenes cometh from