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A06112	A very fruitful & godly exposition vpo[n] the. xv. Psalme of Dauid called Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle. Made by M. Ihon Epinus, preacher to the churche of Hamborough: and translated oute of Latin into English by N.L.	Aepinus, Johann, 1499-1553.; Lesse, Nicholas.	1548 (1548)	STC 166.5; ESTC S101644	95,234	320

is the stea●er vp of all godlines in ●s For the spirite of Christe doth exitate and steare vp newe motions of the mynde and more pure affections makinge vs desirous to embrace godlynes and vertue What be the motions and affections of the godlie and what maner a thinge is the studie and desire to do well and to lyue godly and what maner of obedience they oughte to gyue to the teaching of the lawe whiche are reserued and saued by Christ A briefe decl● ration of Psalme This Psalme doeth declare teacheth also what maner of men they be both within and wythout which shall inhabite the holy mount of the Lorde It doth not learne vs that we do deserue with good workes eternall lyfe nor that wyth our workes we do satisfie for our sinne and offences Remission of our sinne out iustification lyfe euerlastynge are the giftes of God For the remission or forgyuenes of synne and lyfe euerlastyng are the giftes of God not obteined and wonne by workes bicause that no man shal be proude therof nor glorie there at in him selfe The prophete also doeth shewe that they which a●● godlie and faithful men in deede are the churche of God Who is the church of god and that thei and none other shal inha●ite the euerlasting kingdom of God What maner of mē thei be which are godlie in deede he doth shewe by the workes of fayeth sayinge that those shall be the citisins of heauen whiche do entre in wyth out spotte and worke ryghtuousnes The workes of tayth decl●●● who ●e ●od●y Thys Psalme and these sentēces of Paule whiche folowe are al one They whiche do lyue after the flesh shaldie Also there is no condempnation for them whiche are in Christe Iesu But what kynde of men those be which are in Christe he also declareth sayinge whiche do not walke after the flesh So the Lorde him selfe sayth that the kyngdome of God shal be taken away frō thē which do not repent Howe those textes are to be vnderstand takē whiche do seme to make for the iustification of workes and shall be gyuen to them whiche do brynge furth worthie fruites of repentaunce These sayinges also of Christe do make for this purpose saying Euerie tree whiche bryngeth not furth good fruites shall be cutte doune and throwen into the fire Also not euerie man which sayth Lorde Lorde shall entre into the kyngdo●e of heauen but that doth the wyll of my father which is in heauen Also that God the father doth remitte synne to thē whiche do forgyue theyr neigh bours faultes and to them which wil not forgiue theyr neighbour that the father wyll not forgyue theyr trespasses These lessons do not teache howe we may be iustified or by what meanes but what maner of men they be whiche are iustified and made ryghtuou●e to whom the merite of Christe is imputed rekened freely for iustice and rightuousnes sufficient To thys ende and purpose perteineth the other testimonies of the scriptures which do semeto make our workes to be the cause of our iustification or rather the iustification it selfe ¶ The Psalme ¶ Lorde what ma●● shall dwell in thy tabernacle or who shal rest and abyde in thy holy hill MOyses in Exod. the xv chap. calleth the lande of the Iewes the hill of herytage the house of God and the sanctuary of the Lord. Wyth thys maner of speakyng of Moyses some mē are induced and persuaded in them selues to expoūde thys place sayinge that herebye is ment the lande of the Iewes the externe and outwarde religion and publike wealth of the Israelites They do say expounde these wordes Howe the dwellynge in the tabernacle of the Lorde is vnderstand of many the tabernacle and holy hyll to be spokē figuratlie by a figure caled sinechdoche which is when the parte is taken for the hole a● though by these wordes tabernacle and holy hyll all the lande of Iurie shoulde be ment where the Lorde ordeyned his religion to be obserued wyth obseruation of a ciuile lyfe They do referre thys Psalme vnto the corporall outwarde rewardes of the lawe makyng thys sense and exposition sayinge the Iewes if they do not obey he Lorde shall for theyr disobedience and wicked nes suffre many calamities a●d miseries they shall be taken captyue and bonde beinge caryed awaye to straūge and barbarous natiōs that all the lande where the Lorde dyd founde his religion shal be destroyed made wast wyth theyr holy temple and religion also But if they do obey and fulfyll the commaundementes of the Lorde that then they shall dwel quietly saftie in the lande of Iurie they shall haue theyr religion and cōmune wealth styll no man shal hurt them Thys is saye they that is ment by the dwelling in the holy tabernacle holy hyll of the Lorde There is a lyke sayinge in the fyfth boke of Moyses called the Deutero and. iiii chap. sayinge If ye do prouoke the Lorde to anger I take heauen and earth to ●●●nes that you shall perishe that quickely furth of the lande whiche you shall possesse beyonde Iordayne you shal not dwellōge therin The Lorde shall put you furth and shall disperse and scatter you abrode one from an other amonge all nations But for as much as the promises and threatenynges of God are to be taken and vnderstande for mokyndes of obedience or disobedience then one and are to be referred to al ages therefore lykewyse as the Iewes beinge rebels and disobedient to the Lorde should be cast out of the whole lande of Iurie euen so they shoulde be cast furth from the verie tabernacle and holy hyll that is to saye The tabern●cle and the hyare taken in two senses from the kyngdome of God whiche is spiritual and triumphant The tabernacle the holy hyll as many other thinges lyke vn●● these which are spoken in diuers places of the prophetes cōcerning the religion the tēple and kyngdome of Israel are to be expounded not onely of the corporal temple whiche we do se and kingdom or lande of the Iewes but also of the verie churche of God of the kyngdom of God The Lorde him selfe in Osee the fyrst chap. doeth wytnes that the wicked Iewes shall leese not onely theyr temporall possessions and promises but also theyr spirituall sayinge you shall not be my people nor I wyl not be your God Euerie nation and age doth cal and name those thynges whiche are present with theyr cōmune and vsed vocables the whiche thinges beinge chaūged altered they do also chaūge the maner of callynge of them ●●ue them other names The prophetes in theyr tyme called the church of God the tabernacle What was the churche of God called amonge the prophetes with what names they dyd vse to cal it and how it is now amonge the christians the holy hyll the holy citie the people of God they called Iacob Israel and Iuda These names bicause they

be so greate a people that they were fēared of many kynges Also bicause they came of Abraham bicause they were of the bloude of the patriarches bicause in the priesthod excellēcie of their kingdō thei excelled all other bicause they were in leage with the Lorde bicause the Lord did speake with thē bicause he sent his prophetes cōmitted to thē aboue al other his holy speach openyng to them his holie misterie ordeynyng and foundinge amonge them his true and perfect religion teachynge themhowe to gouerne a cōmunaltie wyth a cōmune wealth by honeste ciuil orders suche other lyke benifites whiche they receyued at the Lordes hande they presumed muche being not a litle proude for the obseruation of theyr ceremonies outwarde worshyppynge of the Lorde They promised to thē selues by thys prerogatiue saluation and health they iudged them selues to be the worthie worshippers of the lorde that the glorie of eternall blisse shoulde perteine to them onely and to none other Whiche folishe persuasiō vaine superstition of the Iewes the prophete in thys Psalme doth reprehende and rebuke sayinge that those are not the tokens of the verie people of God whiche they do thinke for to be but cōtrarie wise that the people of God are knowen by the godlines of mynde pure innocencie of lyfe Whereby the people of God are knowen Excepte a man him selfe be godly disposed both in thought and deede none outwarde thynge can make hym commendable and acceptable to God For euerie man accordynge as he is godly or otherwyse so shal be be accepted or cast of The sonnes heyres of God are those whiche are borne of God They whiche are borne of bloude of the wylle of the fleshe and of the wyll of mā wyth God they are not takē for the heyres of God nor shall rest in the holy hyll of the Lorde Neither for the nobilitie and excellencie of kynred or linage nor yet for anie colour or cloke of religion and holines These outwerde gyfres do not declare vs to be the chyldren of God no man shall be allowed acceptable or pleasaunt in the face of the Lorde Saynte Iames in his first chapter in few wordes declareth that which the Prophete speaketh in many sayinge The true and perfecte religion is that which keepeth a mā vndefiled and cleane from the fithines of the worlde whiche doth visite the widowes orphaynes in theyr tribulations and afflictions By these markes Thriste wil know his people not by shauen crownes nor disguised garmetes lyke players By these markes Christe at the later daye of iudgement shal wyll acknowledge those whiche are his sayinge to thē Come you and possesse the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynnynge of the world for in my hūgar you haue gyuen me to eate c. The mynde of the prophete is that by innocencie of lyfe and purenes of minde we are acceptable and pleasaunt to the Lorde Although the prophete in this place maketh no mētion of fayth The prophete speaketh of ●orkes whi●● do springe ●●rth of faith but of good workes onely yet 〈◊〉 muste thynke no lesse but that 〈◊〉 speaketh of those good workes whiche do procede from faith For what so euer is 〈◊〉 of fayth 〈◊〉 synne Verely nom 〈…〉 good That 〈…〉 in wythout 〈◊〉 nor yet ●●●keth ryghtuou●● 〈…〉 an vnfaythfull mynde 〈…〉 doth worke or rather coūterfette the workes of the lawe Dorkes with out fayth Those mē whiche in the Gospell sayed that they had prophecied that they had caste furth deuyls that they had done many vertues and miracles in the name of Christe Although that they dyd boste them of theyr good workes yet for all that they are called the workers of iniquitie not that the deede which thei did was euyl but bicause it was not done of fayth Also the workes of the pharasies being in their owne kinde good are cōdēned of Christ not bicause they were not good but bicause they were done with out fayth Lykewyse in many places of the prophetes the sacrifices with oblations holy dayes other worshyppynges of the Lorde are not estemed but caste awaye not that they be euyl workes but bicause thei were not done by faith bicause thei were not agreable to the word of god For euerie thing whiche is done by fayth is also allowed cōmended by the worde of God All thinge not agteable to the worde of God is eupl Wherefore that thynge can not be good whiche doth differ from the worde of God ¶ The texte ¶ The which speaketh veritie in his herte To speake the veritie truth wyth the tonge to worke no gile to thy neighbour to deserue none opprobry or rebuke to hate the wicked and to loue those whiche are godlie not to be forsworne but to perfourme that whiche thou doest swere to healpe the needie with thy money wythout vsury and to iudge rightuously al these in them selues are good deedes but if thei be done without fayth The best workes that meye be done being not done by fayth are disproued of the Lords before God thei do leese the name of all Goodnes When that the prophete doth say that they whiche do keepe all these can neuer be remoued nor taken away from the tabernacle of God and from the holy hyl of the Lorde He doth include also with these workes fayth gyuynge vs to vnderstande that he speaketh of those workes which are the proceedinges from a true fayth as the workes of fayth For wythout fayth it is vnpossible to please the lorde or to come to euer lastynge blisse When thou doest heare good workes commended praysed in the scripture beinge no mention made of fayth thou muste alway coniecture ●●ynke verely that by those good workes are ment the workes whiche do come and springe of fayth To speake the veritie is to speake the thinge as it is in deede wtout gyle or craft to keepe touch in all thi promises to do al thing faith fully with a true an vnfeined hert To speake the veritie is to speake to deale like an honest mā plainly and openly without dissimulation fraude or gyle wythout staterie wythout all doublenes and wyth a good hert The Lorde doth require the inwarde purenes of hert as well as the outwarde By the lawe of God veritie and truth is not alone required in oure wordes and promises but therto also to haue a gentle herte and a pure sinceritie of myndes annexed ioyned For the veritie and truth often tymes maye be spoken of those whiche be craftie and subtyl men yea to the hurte of an other man The wicked wyll speake veritie to hu● their neighbours that they maye be beleued the better when they do lye speake false tales Therefore the Psalme doth bidde vs speake the truth with hert not feinedly and wyth a loue not coūterfeted For the wordes or communication whiche is had wyth out any dissimulatiō of