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A08442 Sermons of Barnardine Ochine of Sena godlie, frutefull, and uery necessarye for all true Christians translated out of Italien into Englishe Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610. 1548 (1548) STC 18764; ESTC S101443 23,048 79

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purchase or haue any other treasures thē those that I haue of Christ but that I might by liuely faith euery daye acknowlege possesse and embrace those that I haue receyued of Christe and count thē for myne and so enforme my selfe I myself were it not by Christe shulde not know what to aske for in him is al and with out hym all other thynges be but mere vanitie only this peticyon I make to hym that he vouchesafe euery daye to geue me light and vnderstandynge that I may haue wytte to accounte and take his treasures for nyne owne Wherfore yf any man wyll praye for me let hym not tarye tyll I be deade for then I can no more encrease in light and grace Let him praye nowe that I may grow in faith and more and more instructe my selfe of Christes ryches I am well assured that in purgatorye I shalnot come both bicause ther is foūd no other purgatory but christ in whom at the full be purged and punished al the synnes of the elected and also bycause in case there were one yet Chryste not by my merytes but by hys mere goodnes dothe satisfie for al my synnes trespasses paynes for as moch as hope neuer made any mā ashamed nor cōfounded any persone Roma 3 that had it in hys harte as Pause wrote therfore am I sure and secker that he wyll saue me without other purgacion We can not promesse our selfes to moch of goddes goodnes no we neuer cā vehete vs so moche but he wyll recompence moch more I wyl not suffer therfore that after my lyfe any good be done for me Truth it is that yf I haue any goodes thē must I leaue to the poore flocke of Christ not bicause they shuld praye for me that am already saued but for the vse of other that lyue shal be borne as Christ dyd ●●on 17. and also bycause the rather they may lyue godlye and knowe that they shal neuer lacke that be hys and putte theyr trust in hym To whome be alwayes honour and glory through Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen HOW WE SHVLD ANSWER the deuel VVhen he tempteth us and namely in the ende of our lyfe THE DEVELL AS PETER uuriteth seketh aluuay to deuour us but chefely he is busy at the houre of deth Petri. 5. by reason then it stande the hym in hande so to do for hys owne behooue and our greater endomage and harme Then vseth he all myght power sleyght deceyte malice wherefore I thynke good that we shulde search how to make hym answer and by the assistence and ayde of godes grace to wythstande hym and gett the vpper hande of hym He is constraygned specially when we aproch nere to our deth to throw vs in to the asisse and pyt of desperacion or els to set vs vp in pryde and presumpciō if he shal perceue that thou either put trust in thy selfe or confidence in thyne own workes he wyl not go inhāde to make the despayre mistrust gods mercy but rather stablishe the in that erronyouse opinion of pryde of thy dedes on the other syde if he fele that thou hast all thy hope in god then wyll he shew the on the one partie the multitude and wyckednes of thy synnes and on the other partie goddes wrathe and seuere iustice he wyl tell the how thou art in a maze and perplexitie not able to be shaken of or wōden owt of and by makyng the to feel thyne offences other wise thē euer thou deddest in thy health wyll go a boute to take owte of thy harte the passion of christe and all the great goodnes mercy and loue of god finally to proue the damned he wyl bryng for hys purpose-euen the holy scriptures But I wyll that al hys tētacions serue the to the honour of god and saluacion of thy soule as they do serue the turne of the elected Roma 3. to whom all thynges woorke to gether for theyr wealth fyrste of all I warne the that thou maynteyn not thy selfe for good but admyt and graunt all the euill that he shall reherse of the and thynke that he hathe not sayed so moche 1. Iohn ii but that it is moch more thanke god that now at laste he hathe be so fauorable to make the consider thy sinnes wherin he vseth the diuel for an instrument to the entēt that by the knowyng of thē thow shuldest take occasion to humble thy selfe and to call Christ to thy remembrance whych to scoure and clense them hath not only reputid them for hys own but also dyed for thē vpon the crosse graūt thou hardely that thou art a grete rybald and noghtye wythout excusyng thy self in any wyse that thy synnes are in numerable confesse that thou cold neuer satisfie for one alone and that thou were the most dāned sinner of the world yf Christe had not delyuered she and styl prōpte thy selfe with those matters whych may forther the to com in to desperacion of thy selfe But if the diuel wayt to bring the to despeyr of Christ thou may in no wyse cōsēte ther to but stedfastlye put thy trust in hym and my mynd is that thou say to hym thus if it were good for me to mistrust Christ thou neuer woldest haue perswaded me therto but rather haue drawne me frō it wherfore in that thou woldest put me in mynde to mistruste Christ thou makeste me stronger in my hope and trust Thou shalt saye to hym that when he caused iniustly Christe to dye whych was an Innocent he lost al his interpriest iurisdictiō that euer he had or possible might haue ouer man and if he procede forthe to induce the to dispayer by settynge before the thy greate synnes I wyll the to say to hym go to Chryste whyche as Iohn wryteth is myne attourney and Aducoate 1. Iohn ● he can make the an answere for me reason there wyth hym yf thou haue any clayme or tytle in me as thou sayest doest thou not know that he hath takē my synnes for hys owne and hath for them made satistactyou moste plentuously therfore hast thou no ryght in me at all If he chaunce to say hys death is not inough to saue the answere him yf Adam by tasting one apple wyth one onely synne was hable to dāne me how is it that so many holy workes of Christ which tasted for my sake of great loue the most bytter deathe be not suffycient to saue me Roma ● If the disobediēce of Adā had power to cōdemne me moch more the obedyence of Christe is stronge inough to saue me yea the gyfte of Christ is aboue and excedeth the synne of Adā Christ hath more auayled and holpen vs thē Adam annoied and harmed vs by reasō the lyght of Christ is of more force and effecte thē the darkenes of our fyrst parente the goodnes of Christes surmounteth and passeth the malyce of man hys ver tue preuaileth about our fraylty one
nor an arrogant vsurper nor ascribed to hymself that he myght conueniently haue done but contrary wyse was louelyhumble of noreputacion Philip. ii and toke vpon hym the shape of a seruant or rather of a synner Esay 53. and god layed on him all our wickednes ye and most louingly admited and allowed them for hys owne as though he had committed them hymselfe Now in lyke maner a Christen man beynge alredye regenerate and borne agayne by Chryst and graffede into hym by a lyuynge fayth cometh doune from heuen that is from hys owne pryde and false excellency Iohn 3. for as Christ sayeth no man goeth vp in to heuen but he that cometh doune that is the son of man and hys members wherfore by by as a Christē mā hath aliuely light tast and feling of Christ his great benefite he is hūble coūteth him self of no value and nothing in his reputacion for when he seeth by diuine influence the mekenes of christ his liveralite pacience loue goodnes innocēsy wyth other of his vertues he is of force constrayned to feele his oune pride vnkindnes vnpacientnes wyckednes vngodlynes and hys other iniquities And as god put vpon Christ all our synnes and he wyth moste tender loue receyued them so wyll thys Christen man ascribe to himselfe al the offences of the world biraesō that he perceuith that if god had with drawen from him his grace had not borne him vp but ministrid to him occasion oportunitie to offend thee hadde not bene a synne in all the world but he had done it wherfore he wyll attribute to himselfe all as th oughe he hadde committed them in deede so that all be yt in Christ and by Christ he perceueth hym selfe innocent and safe notwythstandyng of hymselfe he taketh yt that he is moste damned and greatist sinner of al the world and is forced to saye that which Paul spake long ago Christ cam in to the worlde to saue synners 1. Timo. 1 wherof I am one of the chyfe The seconde acte of Chryste was that after he was thus hūbled clothed wyth our frayle nature borne and shewed forthe to the world he liued al to gether for hys neyghbour and sought onely the glory of hys father and saluacyon of hys bretherne wythowte any regard or respect to hymselfe and cause why is for that he was so full of loue ●ohn 1. grace fauour truth godlines and al light vertue and perfection wherfore consideringe he had no nede to enrych hymself he lyued holy to the welth and benefyte of others Collosen 1 Roma 15. as Paule sayeth Christe hath not pleased himselfe he was inflamed in soch wyse with a feruent desyre to saue the world for the glory of hys father that he beyng cleane swalowed vp in god had no mynde nor consyderacion of hym selfe Nowe in semblable sorte that true Christen man that seeth himselfe the sonne and heyre of god as Lorde of al studyeth not to lyue to hys owne vse but is hollye bente to the benefityng of hys brothern ne for goddes glory and beynge as it were chaunged into theyr nature feeleth al theyr good and euyll as Paule dyd Next ensueth the thyrde acte that lyke as the worlde persecuted Christe so it pursue hym and that bycause in sauyng hys neyghbour and sekynge the glorye of god he auaunceth and set forth the grace the gospel and the great mercy of god thrustyng downe submittyng throwyng done to the groūde and makyng nothyng of man and bycause the worlde repyneth at thys therfore immediatlye foloweth persecucyon in lyke case therfore as the hoole life of Christ was one continuall persecucion bycause it was godly so chanceth fytely agreably to a true Christien that magnifyeth the greate benifite whych we haue receuid by Christe whych thynge is open and manifest in sundry places of the actes of the apostles ●●t 45 9 for immediatly as the apostles had preached the gospell they were pursued and so the case goethe in thys oure time More ouer as Christe was done on the crosse frō whence he wold not come done although in scorne it was sayed to hym Math. xx 7 that yf he were the son of god he shuld come doune of the crosse they wold beleue hym but bycause he was the son of god he wolde not come doune but abyde there with his oune death make perfecte our saluacion in like maner also a Christen mā must be transformed and changed in to Chryste crucyfyed Gala. 3. so that wyth Paule he may say I am crucyfed wyth Chryst in such wise also knit to him on the crosse that nothynge ys hable to parte me frome the loue of god Roma 3. whych is in Christe Iesus Further more as Christ dyed on the crosse so a Christen mā that liueth in Christ dyeth to the world in such sorte that he passith not of riches honour dignitie kynred frendes worldly pleasures or prosperitee considering that he seeth bifaith that he is safe happy and sonne and heyre of god yea euen as Christe was buryed so is he so that the worlde counteth hym not onelye for a thyng deade Roma 6. but rottē flyngkynge and lothsome wherfore he must saye wyth Paule Gala. 3. the worlde is crucyfyed to me and I to the worlde He besyde thys muste ryse with Christe in newnes of lyfe lyuing after another maner then he dyd before that he was regenerate by Christ Roma 6. bicause he is becomē spiritual he liueth to the glory of god And thus fynally with christ he ascendeth into heuen standing Collosen 3. as touchyng his thoughtes affectiōs and desyres aboue in his celestiall cuntrey so that he say with Paule oure conuersacyon is in heauen Philip. 3. wher he enioyeth and taketh pleasure and comfort in god To whō be alwayes al honoure and glory through Iesu christ our lord Amē ❧ HOW GOD HATH SATISfyed for our synnes and hath purchased Paradise for us GOD BY HYS ABSOLVTE AND free pouer myght haue saued us Wythoute any satisfaction at all In as moch as the iustice of god is cōtented and pleased of al that is lyking his good wil neuerthelesse he hath appoynted frō euerlastyng by hys diuine mynde wisdome neuer to saue sinner oneles first he were ful lye satisfied sethen he perceyued that we could not do it our selfes he was minded to sēde into the worlde his sōne to make for vs satisfactiō layed on him the iniquities of vs al as Isay wrote Esaye ●● And he right louingly although he were a very innocent toke them for his owne and was cōtented to satisfy for our offēces to suffer that we had deserued dye vpō the crosse according to his fathers wil as Paul writeth he toke our infirmities for his own and he hath borne oure iniquities and miseries by reasō he came into the world as though he had ben an offēder he toke a symilitude of syn to
serue our turne on the behalfe of our sinnes as though we had ben most innocēte Esay 43. he cōmitted al the sins on his wil was to go alone to the deth therfore he sayed to his disciples in the garden stande therin peace Math. xxuii rest without care suffer me alone to enter into the battaile abide on my bones that you haue deserued and meting the multitude he saied to thē whō seke you Iohn 18. they āswered Iesus of Nazareth as though they shuld haue sayed we seke for hym whiche hath vpō him all the syns of the world And christ made āswer I am he I haue taken on me al the sinnes loue hath layde thē on my shulders ther fore if you seke for me as a man in whō be al the sinnes let my disciples and my elected passe as innocētes ease satisfie reuēg do your worst to me which am cōtented to suffer for al one cause also wherfore christ being accused at the iudgemēt seate of Ierusalē made no answer was to shew that they had against him all actiōs in somoch as he had embraced for his owne al our synnes It pleased hym also to be crowned with thornes as king of al our miseries set betwen tow thefes as the starkest errand thefe of al likewise was he cōtented to be strikē beaten for our syns as Esay sayeth he was smyten for our infirmities and brosed for our iniquityes Esaye 53. and ossēces god hath chastysed beatē him for the sinnes of his people and by his woundes and passions we be made hole he payed that he owed not ●alm 63. as Dauid saied I haue payed those thynges that I tooke not ●say 43. and Esay also dyd saye in the parson of Christ you haue but me to trouble for your iniquities he was contented that vppon hym shold come al those infamies sclāders and rebukes which we haue deserued for oure synnes whych thynge Dauid singnified in spryte in the parsone of Chryste wher he saieth ●salm 68. the rebukes and reproches wherwyth they slandered the fell all vpon me yea and those curses also that were due to vs fell vpon hym as Paule sayeth he hath redemed vs frō the cursse ●ala 3 in that he became a curst for vs. and lyke a godly shepherde hauyng on hys backe the lost shepe for he hath his kyngedome vppon hys shulders ●●ay 6 hath he borne our synnes on the crosse 1. Petri. ii as Peter sayeth he hath borne our syns in hys body vppon the crosse and tre vpon it as it had bene an altar to condemne oure synnes wyth the synne that was imputed to him was he offered as a sacrifise to be burned in the fier and flāme of gods loue and to the Corinthiās Paule writeth ii Corin. 5. he that knewe no synne was made synne for vs. it was gods wyll mynde that he which was moste innocent shoulde be doone on the crosse as though he were not onely a sinner but euen syn it selfe thus as Daniel prophesied was iniquite cōsumed in one day god toke it oute of the world acordyng to the profesye of zachary Zachar. 5 Iohn 3. wherfore saynte Iohn sayeth he appeared to take a way our synns and saynt Iohn Baptist sayeth of Christ that he is the lambe of god the taketh away the synnes of the worlde Therefore when Chryst suffered moste louiglye all that whych we haue deserued Hebre. 1 he satisfyed for vs and purged vs from oure synnes he after the maner of the prodygal sonne of an excedyng loue that he bare to the sowle when he hadde geuen hys diuine treasures of grace to the verye open synners harlotes and had taken to hym self our synnes as yf he had done them hym selfe he made prayer to his father that he wolde pardon them to him to him he pardoned thē for we were not worthy nether wolde he yeld vp his sprite tyl fyrst he had bowed doune hys heade that ys vntyll he had moued god 1. Corin. 11. which ys as Paule writeth his heade to pardone vs to Chryste therfore were our synnes ascribed so the iustly he meryted that death for hys synnes not by cause he cōmitted thē but bicause he admited them for his oune and so hath he satisfyed for them not only suffycyently but also more then was requisite for to god ys one teare of Christ more pleasant then all the synnes of the worlde dyspleasant that lyfe death of hys were more to the honoure of god then our life was to hys dyshonoure yea he hath not onelye satisfyed for our synnes but hath purchaced for vs lyfe euerlasting But happly wylt thou say then nede I to take no paynes nor traueyl to satisfye for my syns nor to deserue paradise I may take mine ease or do what euyll the liketh me geuing me to pleasur good cheare for if it be as the saiest I cannot but be saued I āswer thus first I say the truth it is the oughtest not to laboure thy selfe for the entente to satysfye for thy synnes nor yet to deserue paradise for that is onely Christes office nor thou canst haue any such entent wyth our doyng greate iniury and wronge to god but where as thou sayeste that thou wold ●iue idlye or doo euyll after that Christe hath now deliuered the frome all euill and purchased the the greattest felicitie I make the answer on thys wyse If case were that one were led to the gallowes for hys rybaldry and noghtines and his lord or maister of mere fauour and good wil shuld deliuer hym and counte hym for hys sonne and yet woulde saye my lord or Maister hath deliuered me frome all euyll and taken me for hys sonne and heyre the refore wyl I go my way and be idle and in folowyng myne own lustes and wyl do in him wrong how thynk you in thys case be not these wicked wordes euen the lyke sayeste thow Chryste hath delyuered me from hell and made me the sonne of god heyre of heuen wherfore I wyll stand like an idle parsone or rather do more euyll Christe certes dyed not for the nor satisfied for thy dettes nor yet merited for the paradise to th entent thou shulde stande idle cōmit synne and become a starke ribalde but that thou seyng hys greate loue and hou greatly synne displeased hym seeynge he was wyllynge to dye bycause to take them oute of the world shulde no more doo synne but honour hym loue hym thank hym put thy truste in hym and worke vertuose and good workes plentiouslye not as a bonde seruāt to escape hell sithē christ hath delyuered the ne yet to get paradyse the whych Chryst hath purchased for the but as a naturall sonne for the glorye of god moued therto by mocyon of faythe loue and spryte not by mannes wyt sensualytie or thy behofe or commodytye Moreouer eyther thou beleuest that Christ hath satisfyed for the or not yf thou beleue not that he hath delyuered the frome hell and gotten the Paradyse yf thou be wyse thou wylt searche to helpe thy self and so wylt thou not be idle mochlesse wylt thou cōmyt sinnes but rather enforce thyselfe to make satysfaccion for thy selfe and to deserue paradise whych is athyng impossible but yf thou beleue lyuelye that he had so loued the that to saue the he dyed on the crosse thou shulde be constrayned to loue hym agayn and to do for his glory maruelouse workes pletuouslye and redyly to beleue that we are saued by Christ maketh not vs negligente and naughtye but feruent and holye Let vs therfore render thākes to oure Lorde god seynge he hath wyth so greate loue saued vs by so hyghe ryche happye and gloriouse meane To whome be al waye all honour laude and glorye throughe Iesu Christ our Lorde AMEN IMPRINTED at London by me R. C. for Wyllyam Reddell duellyng at the signe of the George in Pouls chyrch yarde