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A sermon declaringe hovv vue [sic] are iustified by faith
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E. T.
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was scourged ye wil saye he was tormented and hownge on the crosse I answere that he deserued for his meschefe not onely those but greater yea euerlastinge death for by those punishementes happelye he might satisfye mans lawe yet al his paynes were neuer able to coÌ„terpaise GODS iustice if he had ben put to death a thousande times if anye obiect that that was done by a wonder and by a speciall preuillege withe them I will saye that all those that are saued are saued by a lytle mirracle and by the mere mercye of GOD for somuche as it is euedent that one manne is not better then an other by natur but by grace for by nature we are all equall in daungier of euerlastynge dampnatyon And as Sayncte Paule Callethe vs the Chylderne of Wrathe But the ryche the Lorde GOD by hys greate mercye dyd choyse whoome he would haue before the begyuning creatyon of the Woorlde whome he dyd chewse them he called whom he called them he iustified whome he iustified them he glorified This saying is none of myne but of Paules the a postle therfore our iustificacion our saluacion our blessednes are al wholye to be grunded in Christ and we partly iÌ„ Christe partly in our selues for the which cause Paul taught the Corinthians that no man can laye any other foundacioÌ„ besides that which is laide iÌ„ Iesu Christ whosoeuer they be that stable the fouÌ„dacioÌ„ of ther saluacioÌ„ on any other theÌ„ iÌ„ him they ar not wise ne experte in heuenly thinges as that which bulde not vpoÌ„ the suer rocke but on the lowse sand which howse is not able to stande when any tempest of wynd or of greate floud of the sea shal assayle it as our sauiour Christ teacheth the galathiaÌ„s which beiÌ„g deceayued by false ê“phetes did chalenge to be saued partlie by their oune meritis partly by christes which there opinion Paul can not beare iÌ„ no wise but doth exagite it as pestiferus derogatine from the glorie of God for loke how muche ye geue to Mannes merites coÌ„cerniÌ„g iustification be they neuer so good holy so much ye take a way from the glory of god and so much is plucked froÌ„ the body of christ as is put to the merites of man wherfore no man oght to thinke that he is made iust because he satisfieth god him selfe either in part or whole It is also an errour that certeÌ„ meÌ„saie the workes the goo before iustificacioÌ„ although they be not good of theÌ„ selues yet to please god through Christ and to be compted of him as merites whereon they coÌ„clude the they are iustified by christ as withoute whome those workes were voyde in vayne To them I aunswer that this workes are synne and wy first an euel tree can not bringe forthe good frutes Secondarelye because without faithe and a sure truste in the merite of God exhibited for Christe no man can please god And paule also counteth the gay workes the iustice of the law which he had don before his iustification as a hurt and a vile thynge And wryttynge to Thimothe doth teache that we were saued before the worlde through Christ not accordinge to our deseruinges but to his prepensed wyll and grace To the which saying Austen stucke stoutlye as his workes do witnes who then wyl say that sinne dothe please the ryghtuouse God and that they for Christes sake are reputed as merites that so synne maye make satiffaction for sinne Christ died for oure sinnes not to allowe them but to emproue and dampne them and too teache that nothing do the displease him but sinne But they saye to them that loue God all thinges are good It is true but how do they loue God whome they knowe not As yet not redemed to god through faith and borne spirituallye as yet not lyghtened with his holy sprite as yeat not delyuered from the pryson of darkenesse and grafted in the kyngdome of his beloued and gracious sonne of God And the place of Paull is not to be vnderstand of sinne but of the crosse and afflictions as those thinges that go before and the folowing of the place declare the the more a worthye iustyce of god that shall not onlye not condemne synne but take it for vertue also so â—â— well rewarded let the opinioÌ„s so absurd â–ª and wicked befarre both from the harte the mouth of Christen men Lastelye some men woulde thinke that we are iustifyed by Chryste as by an aduocat meane or entercessyoÌ„ the he obteyneth of his father for vs remission of synnes whych we do not denye howe be it thei that â—o saye neither nothyngene all that in the thynge is to be sayde for thes thinges that be of greater weight theÌ„ thes be thei that passe ouer for first christ did take vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ the synnes of his and wold haue attributed to him such was his greate loue towarde vs his father agreinne to it yea wyllynge so to be whiche Esayas saw longe or it came moreouer he not onelye toke them to hiÌ„selfe but as thoughe he had done them selfe whoe yet onelye and nomore but he was wyth oute all spotte of synne wold pay our rauÌ„soÌ„ which the most bitter kid of deth wherbi he fully coÌ„trepesed satisfied yâ— iustice nether therw t conteÌ„t he gaue vs his innocency righteousnes bolines wysdom which is aboue all this gaue vs his sprit that therby we being quickened not with our owne sprite but with the sprite of Chryste that we new borne ye truylye borne agayn myght cal rightly God ye father and stand before him wtout feare although we had neuer bene defiled with the least spot of sinne For he that spared not his own Sonne but gaue him for vs how can it bee that he wyll not geue vs all thinges wyth hiÌ„ Nowe therfore we are iuste without sinne gyltles and innocentes not onely by our owne rightuousnes that we are wtout sinne for Christe hath our sinne vppon him and made it hys and hath vanquised it by his deathe but alsoo by the rightuousnesse of Christe the purite which he hath geuen vs mooste aboundantly wherw t we beinge wel cled and adorned maye boldly apere before god this heauenly giftes these vertues these heuenle and eternal treasures only faythe and sure persuasyon of the mercye of God conteynethe in it and the bygger the faith is the greater also are they extemed by fayth all other giftes are measured fayethe is the righteousnes of a Christen man fayth is the iustify catyoÌ„ This is it that we cal to be iustified by Christ the whiche he that hathe truly attayned theye haue attayned it all that with all their harte put theyr whole confydence and truste in Christ he maye trulye saye withe Paule I am crucyfyed withe Christe yet I lyue not nowe but Christ in me what nede I holde you longer withe more wordes He that thus is iustified maye stande before the iudgement seate of God with as
⧠A Sermon declaringe hovv vue at Iustified by faith Imprinted at londun by WilliaÌ„ hyl at the signe of the grene hyl and there to be soulde VVHAT IT Is TOO BE iustifyed by Christe and the way howe we are iustifyed and reprouing errour concernig it Translated out of latin into Englyshe by E. T. For asmuch as iustificacion whiche we haue throughe christe ys moste propre to a Chrystyan man and is the well spring of al other gifts vertuous and goodnes yt shal be meete first to se what we call to be iustified by chryst or to be iuste through christ That we mai geue thankes to god the father christ our lorde for his greate giftes first god doth not iustifie or absolute theÌ„ giltie or pronounce him iust for thus singnifiethe iustifie as a Tyraunte is wonte to doo whoo when he heareth one of his gard accused be he neuer so mischeuous he defendeth him excuseth him and wil not haue hym accompted gyltie be his myschefe neuerso manifest and so he iustifieth him neither punisheth him acordynge to his desertes rather he wyll haue him accompted as a goode iuste and honest parsone the which maner of iustifyinge is deceytfull â–ª wycked and tyranny called But god doth iustefy the sinner after this sorte For as he is iust so is his iudgment rightuous As Dauid witnesseth Lord thou art iuste and thy iudgemente is rightuous For the which cause he fauoreth vs not whyles we sinne neyther accompteth vs a iust whyles we are in sinne nether alloweth synners as â—hâ— Tyranne doth But yee God nether doth iustify men as a good kynge dothe for it is the part of a good Prince when an innocente and gyltles parson is in ieopardy to defende hys innocencye against false accusacions openly to pronounce him his iuste and set him free as he deserueth to be But yet neyther after thys sorte we can bee iustified as gyltles For we are by nature sinners There are that wyl forgeue the faultes and pardon hym for none other cause but that they are sory for theyr euyll deade neyther do require hym to satisfye but delyuer hym freelye But god dothe not so iustefy the synner not because he can not but because so it semethe goode to hym to forgiue noman with oute satysfactyon as after shal be declared Neither are we therfore Iustyfyede because we canne geue GOD anye thinge of oure owne to counterpaise owre curses and synnes For there is nothinge in man that can satisfye before god for the leaste synne yea man is not worthye to obtayne the leste droppe of mercye at gods hand as Iacob saythe to god in genesis I am lesse then al thi mercies for as sambros saye the the redempcion of christs bloude shulde waxe vile Neither the perrogatiue of mans goode workes wold neue place to the mercye of god if iustification whiche is freely geuen weredone to workes that went before theÌ„ it shuld not be a free gift of the geuer but the wage rewarde of the worker as spaule crieth if we are iustified by the workes of the lawe then is CHRIST deade in vaine neither can we saie this truly that we are made iuste partly by the satisfaction of christ partly by our own for so we myghte boaste of oure selues whiche is contrarye to S paules doctrine For he saith he that dothe glorye let him glorye in god And howe often dothe all the scrypture warne to geue god al honor glory of iustifing maÌ„ by faythe no regarde had of oure merytes I wyll tell theâ— truthe plainlye yf the leaste iote of oure iustificacion hong of oure selues the promes of God were not true As S. Paule wytnessethe in hys epystle to the Romaynes bysydes that as Agath the Prophete and paule the apostle wryte all those thynges are fylthie and vncleane that the vncleane goo about or doe but al those are vncleane whoesoeuer they be that are not iustified of god wherfore theyr mercyes can not please God ne appease hys wrathe by anye meanes This esaye willing to declare compareth all our owne righteousnes to a clothe defiled wythe womens flowres And s Austen affirmith that all the deseruynges of men wer lost in adam after he had transgressed and doonne that synne whereby we were al condemned and made voide of righteousnes For by Adam we are all deade but bi Christe we are referred to lyfe Therefore good bretherne weighe with me how that a man can of himself redeme and paie ransome for so greate synnes that is to wit how he being deade can restoore him selfe to life agayne for this cause Chryste sayde not the ruler of the Synagooge thou shalte sasatysfye for parte and I wyll fullfyll that that thou canneÌ„ste not But he sayde to hym onelye beleue And haue a sure confydence Paule in the Epystle to the. Romans Ad. Galat. Dothe proue that no man Is Iustyfyed neyther by the Lawe of vertuous lyuinge neyther by mannes iustyce yea rather mannes iustice did crucifie Chryste by the Iewes and condemne him before ponce pylate and did persecute trouble and torment the same Christ diuerslye but Saule after called paule in his meÌ„bres But I praye you when hath such a iustice as can make men iuste and blessed Fyrst after paule the lawe dothe encrease sinne dothe not take it awaye the lawe dothe bynde and condempne and not loose and sett tree yt kyllethe and not quickneth Moreouer the pharesee did pronunce him selfe partlye bye him selfe and partlye bye god and therfore he gaue god thankes but bycause he gaue not the whole glorye to god and to him selfe ignoraunce as the publicaÌ„ did he was not iustifyed Let vs cal to remembraunce the parable of the shepe herde that leauynge the xcix Shepes whiche me anethe then that will iustifyfye them selues dyd seke and fynde that shepe that was soste and brought hyr to hyr Foulde Bye the Whyche thinge are ment synners that acknowlege there synnes and trust to be saued and made iuste onely by the mercye and bountefullnes of god there is in certain cytyes contreys a lawe or custoÌ„e whether it be that in the last weke of lent we call the passion weke certaine theues prisoners are delyuered let out of presoÌ„ paying no fyne by no dede of ther owne but the only mere mercy of the prices with custome I do not trye out in this place whether it be good or badde The clemencye of princes I prayse if they haue anye superstycion therin the I disrpaise This fact doth expresse vnto vs liuelye the goodnes of god for as those prisoners are delyuered wher as they deserued no such thing but rather extrem puÌ„ishmeÌ„t seÌ„blably ar we saued by the mercy of god only christ beiÌ„g our mediator aduocat wil ye be assured that this is so marke the thefe that was hanged not for froÌ„ christ tel me what good did he at anye time why Christ shoulde saye vnto him this daye thou shalte be wyth me in parradyce he