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A17121	An historicall narration of the iudgement of some most learned and godly English bishops, holy martyrs, and others (whereof III; viz. Archbishop Cranmer, B. Latimer, and Bishop Hooper, suffred martyrdome, in the dayes of Q. Mary, for the truth and Gospell of Christ Iesus) concerning Gods election, and the merit of Christ his death, &c.	J. A., of Ailward.; Ailward, John, attributed name. aut; Andrewes, John, fl. 1615, attributed name. aut	1631 (1631)	STC 4; ESTC S100399	62,871	120

Salvation That is to say not GODS Servants They lacke the renovation or Regeneration they be not come yet to CHRIST Now these persons that bee not come yet to Christ or if they were come to Christ be fallen againe from him and so lost theyr Iustification as there bee many of us which when wee fall willingly into Sinne against Conscience wee lose the favour of GOD our Salvation and finally the Holy Ghost all they now that bee out of the favour of GOD and are not sory for it Sinne grieveth them not they purpose to goe forward in it All those that intend not to leave theyr Sinnes are out of the Favour of GOD and so all their workes whatsoever they doe bee deadly sinnes For as long as they bee in purpose to sinne they sinne deadly in all their doings Therefore when wee will speake of the diversity of Sinnes wee must speake of those that bee Faithfull that bee regenerated and made new and cleane from theyr Sinnes through Christ. To these two Holy Martyrs and learned Bishops I adde a third who when hee lived was in place the First and in Grace not inferiour to any It is Archbishop CRANMER Hee speaking of the merit of Christs Death writeth on this wise viz. THE IVDGEMENT OF Archbishop CRANMER Archbishop CRNMER'S Preface to the Reader in his Answere to Doctor GARDINER Bishop of Winchester Touching the Holy Sacrament Printed by Iohn Day 1580. and written by the said Father Anno 1551. OVr Saviour CHRIST IESUS according to the Will of his Eternall Father when the time thereto was fully accomplished taking our Nature upon him came into this World from the high Throne of his Father to declare unto miserable sinners good newes to Heale them that were sieke to make the Blinde to see the Deafe to heare and the Dumbe to speake to set Prisoners at libertie to shew that the time of Grace and Mercy was come to give Light to them that were in darknesse and in the shadow of Death and to preach and give Pardon and full remission of Sinne to all his Elected And to performe the same hee made a Sacrifice and oblation of his owne Body upon the Crosse which was a full Redemption satisfaction and propitiation for the Sinnes of the whole world And in another place CHRIST was such an high Bishop that hee once offering himselfe was sufficient by once effusion of his blood to abolish Sinne unto the worlds end He was so perfect a Priest that by One oblation hee purged an infinite heape of Sinnes leaving an easie and a ready Remedy for all Sinners that his One sacrifice should suffice for many yeares unto all Men that should not shew themselves unworthy And he tooke unto himselfe not onely their sinnes that many yeares before were dead and put their trust in him but also the sinnes of those that untill his comming againe should truely beleeve in his Gospell So that now wee may looke for none other Priest nor Sacrifice to take away our Sinnes but onely him and his Sacrifice And as hee Dying once was offered for All so as much as pertained to him hee tooke all mens sinnes unto himselfe To which we ioyne B. Iewel in his Apologie towards the End thereof Certò Animis nostris persuademus Illum id est Christum esse propitiatorem pro peccatis nostris Eius Sanguine Omnes Labes nostras deletas esse Illum pacificasse Omnia Sanguine Crucis suae Illum unicā illâ Hostiâ quam semel obtulit in Cruce OMNIA perfecisse Eâ causa cum Animam ageret dixisse CONSVMMATVM Est Quasi Significare vellet Persolutum jam esse Pretium pro Peccato Humani Generis That is Wee doe assuredly perswade our Mindes That Hee Christ is the obtainer of forgivenesse for our sinnes And that by his Bloud ALL our spots of Sinnes be washed Cleane That he hath Pacified and set at One All things by the Bloud of his Crosse That he by the same One Onely sacrifice which hee Once offered upon the Crosse hath brought to effect and fulfilled ALL thinges And that for that Cause Hee said It is Finished as though hee would Signifie That the Price or Ransome was Now Fully-paid for the sinne of Mankind To this GOD the Sonne together with GOD the Father and GOD the Holy Ghost bee ascribed all Honour Worship Praise and Glory for ever FINIS a For Ieyden was made an Vniversity not past 56. yeares agone by Wil 〈◊〉 Prince of Orange Anno 1574. Merit Merit Epist 100. Tom. 2. The Errours which ●el●g●●● held and 〈◊〉 ●a●ted in ●he ●ounc●il of Pal●s 〈…〉 PELAGIVS his first Errour Rom. 5. Wisdom 1. 13. 14. 15 16. I he Second Errour Rom. 5. 18. 〈◊〉 Esdras 6. The Third Psal 51. The Fourth C. N. P. Rom. 5. N. B. 1. Iohn 2. The 〈◊〉 1 Timotl 6. The Siat 2. Cor. 3 5. The Seventh Rom. 11. 6. The Eight Errour 1. Iohn 1. Iames 3. The Ninth Aug. de verb. Apost Se● 192. Or Free-will Philip. 4. 4. Esd●a● 9. N. B. The tenth and element i● Errour The Conclusion of the first part of this Trea●ise N. 〈◊〉 The Second Part of this Treatise 1. God is not the Author of Sinne. 1. Ioh. 2. Ecclus 15. Note August 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 N. B. August retra●● l. 1. c. 9. 16. Eccl. 4. d. Prospor ad Object Vinc. N. B. Aug. de Civ Dei lib. 5. Cap. 1. vix K. Henry the sea●enth Math 〈…〉 is often taken as S. Augustine useth it heere for Ge●●thliacus whose profession was to declare mens Fortune or Destiny by the Time of Nativitie Which in Esa 2. The translation of Zurich calleth Mathematicos and our Translator calleth it Talkers of mens 〈◊〉 Prosp Respons ad Object Gall. cap. 6. Deut. 30. Iosuah 24. Iud. 10. Luke 10. Psalm 119. Esay 65. Esay 66. N. 〈◊〉 Gen. 4. a. 〈◊〉 King 24. b. 1. Para. 21. b. Prov. 3. d. Ecel●s 25. 〈◊〉 4. ●s●r 7. b d g 〈◊〉 9. 2. Luk 10. d f. Iohn 1. b. Acts 5. a. 1 Cor. 7. g. 9. a. 10. c. 14. f. 2 Cor. 13. 〈◊〉 Phil. 4. c. Heb. 14. Aug. Quast●e Nov. ●est●n Quaest 115. Lib. de Pradest Cap. 2. II. Sin the Cause of Reprobation N. B. Rom. 9. c. 11 12 13. Sap. 12. c. D●●t 9. Rom. 7. 13. Rom. 6. Ose 13. c. N. B. III. GODS Free Mercy in CHRIST the Chiefe cause of Election N. B. Genera Bible Rom. 9. 〈…〉 s 3. b. Eccl. 2. d. Iam 2. b. Psal 149. b. Psal 84. a. Math. 1. a. Ephes 1. a. 2 b. Rom. 5. a b. Colos 1. c. 2 Cor. 5. d. 1 Iohn 2. a. Heb. 5. b c. 〈◊〉 a b c d c. 2 Tim. 1. c. Why the Law was given Deut. 4. 13. Math. 7. 12. What the ten Commandements containe Gen. 17 7. 22 16. Ierem. 〈◊〉 7 23. The condition on Gods behalfe E●od 19 56. Deut. 4 20. Math. 11 28. The condition on mans

Scriptures plainly condemned But to make the Latter part of this Errour more Plaine it was Necessary and thought good of St. Augustine to rehearse the First againe That by the comparison of Condemnation in ADAM and Redemption in CHRIST it might the more plainly bee perceived that Christ was not inferiour to Adam nor Grace inferiour to Sinne And that as All the generation of Man is condemned in Adam so is All the generation of Man redeemed in Christ And as generall a Saviour is Christ by Redemption as Adam is a Condemner by Transgression Which comparison is taken out of St. Paul his Epistle to the Romanes where hee saith Likewise then 〈◊〉 by the Sinne of ONE Condemnation came upon All men even so by the Iustifying of ONE commeth the Righteousnesse which bringeth Life uppon All men Yet s●all not All men bee Condemned by Adam Eternally For there is ordained of GOD againe a way to Life which way is Christ. Neyther shall All be eternally saved by Christ For there is of GOD declared a way againe unto Death which way is Sinne and the wilfull Consempt of GODS Mercy in CHRIST But this appeareth to bee oa● of Pelagius's damnable Errours That Christ was not a generall Saviour That Christ offered not ●p the Sacrifice of Redemption for All the whole World Contrary to the manifest Scripture which saith Hee it is that obtayned Grace for our sinnes and not for our Sinnes onely but also for the sinnes of the whole world The same is also manifestly declared in these Scriptures following and many other Iohn 1. a. b. f. and 12. g. Rom. 5. d. 1. Cor. 8. d. 2. Cor. 5. c. Heb. 2. c. and 2. Pet. 2. a. And heere it is worthy to bee noted againe how iustly this Errour of Pelagius reboundeth againe into the Bosomes of those which so falsely accuse Others to be guilty of the Pelagian Errours Be indifferent dearely Beloved in the Lord I beseech thee and weigh the matter as it is I desire No more The Fift of Pelagius Errours was That R●●h men being baptised except they did vtterly ren●●nce and for sake all their Riches Though they seemed to doe some good Yet it is not Acceped neyther can they have the kingdome of God A filthy and Abominable Errour directly repugnant both to the State of a Common wealth and also to the word of God which ●aith Charge them that be Rich in this world that they bee not exceeding wise c. and that they d●e good and bee r●●h in good workes c. The Sixt Errour is That the grace of GOD and the Helpe of God is not given to euery One of our workes but that it is in Free choyce or by the law and 〈◊〉 Doctrine This Errour is exceeding wicked and execrable That Man by the law by Doctrine or by Free choyce is able to doe any Manner of good worke whatsoever it be without the Grace and Helpe of God For as St. Paul saith Wee are not sufficient of our selves to Thinke Any thing as of our selves but our Ablenesse commeth of God And Againe It is God that worketh in us both the Will and Deed even of his good will The seuenth Errour is That the Grace of God is given according vnto our Deserving Vile and Abominable is this Errour Also and Contrary to the Manifest Mind and words of the Apostle which saith If it bee of workes then it is no more of Grace For then were Deserving no more Deserving The eight Errour is That None can bee called the Children of God except they are altogether made without sinne This Errour is alike-wicked with the rest directly repugnant to the open Scripture where it is written If we say we haue no sinne we deceive our selves and the Trueth is not in us For as St. Iames saith of Himselfe and of all others In many things we sinne All. The Ninth Errour is That there is no Free Choyce if so be a Man have need of Gods Helpe Seeing it is in a Man 's owne will to Doe a thing or Not to Doe it This was also the wicked opinion of Pelagius That if it be granted that a Man hath need of Gods Helpe then it must needs follow saith Pelagius that Hee hath no Choyce in Doing of things but whatsoeuer a Man doth that must Hee needs doe and cannot Choose but Doe This is the Devils onely way above all other to leade men to Destruction not to suffer them to walke in the plaine-path of the Lord but to Tur●e them to some Extremity eyther on the left hand or else on the Right eyther into the wide way of Lewd Liberty or into the Blind path of crooked Superstition eyther to seeke Iustification by Deserving of workes or by an Onely-Faith not-mighty in Love by Operation Such like Extremity doth the Devill use in this point of Doctrine Driving Men eyther into the Doating Dreames of Destinie or into the Absolute Free will of Papistrie eyther Affirming All things So to be Ordayned of God that whatsoever a Man doth bee it Good or Evill He must Needs and cannot choose but of Meere Necessity by the Ordinance of God Commit the same or else affirming that Man by Free-will or Naturall strength can doe the will of God and walke in his lawes without the Continuall helpe and Grace of God which two Extremities St. Augustine doth very plainly Condemne in these words following Liber●m sic confitemur arbitriū vt Dicamus Nos semper De● indigere auxilio tàm Illos errare qui cum Manichaeo dicunt Hominem peccatū vitare non posse quam Illos qui Cum Ioviniano asserunt Hominem non posse peccare We doe sayth Hee So confesse * Free Choic● That wee say A Man hath alwayes Need of the helpe of GOD And That as well they erre which say with Manichaeus that a man Can not esche● Sinne as also They which say with Iovinian that a Man can not Commit sinne Thus saith St. Augustine To conclude therefore This is Numbred among the wicked Errours of Pelagius That if a Man have Free Choice then He hath no Need of the ●race or Helpe of God Contrary to the Manifest and open Scripture which saith by the Mouth of St. Paul I c 〈…〉 doe All things by the Helpe of Christ which strengthneth mee And Esdra● saith They that have abhorred my law while they had yet Freedome and Open roome of Amendment and Conversion and vnderstood Not but despised it The same must know it after Death in paine And heere yet once againe I desire Thee to Marke who they are which with Pelagius fall into this Extremity to asfirme That if a Man have Free Choice Then he hath no Need of Gods Helpe or if hee have Need of Gods helpe Then Hee hath no Free Choice at all And who they are which on the other Side with St. Austin against Pelagius doe

if wee be Damned For it is written thus Deus vult owmnes homines salvos fieri God would have all men to bee saved his salvation is sufficient to save all Mankind But wee are so wicked of our selves that wee refuse the same and we will not take it when it is offered unto us and therefore he sayth Pauci verò electi Few are chosen That is few have pleasure delight in it For the most part are weary of it cannot abide it and there are some that heare it but they will abide no danger for it they love more their riches possessions than the word of God therfore Pauci sunt electi there are but a few that sticke heartily unto it and can finde in their hearts to forgoe this world for Gods sake and his holy word There are some now adayes that will not be reprehended by the Gospell they thinke themselves better than it Some againe are so stubborne that they will rather forsweare themselves than confesse their sinnes and wickednesse Such men are cause of their owne Damnation for God would have them saved but they refuse it like as did Iudas the Traytor whom Christ would have had to be saved but hee refused his salvation Hee refused to follow the Doctrine of his Master Christ. And so whosoever heareth the Word of God and followeth it the same is Elect by him And againe whosoever refuseth to heare the word of God and to follow the same is Damned So that our Election is sure if we follow the word of God Here is now taught you how to try out your Election namely in Christ. For Christ is the accompting booke and Register of God Even in the same Booke that is Christ are written all the names of the Elect Therefore wee cannot find our Election in our selves neyther yet in the high Counsell of God for Inscrutabilia sunt iudi cia altissimi where then shall I find my Election In the counting booke of GOD which is Christ For thus it is written Sic Deus dilexit mundum that is God so intirely loved the World that hee gave his onely begotten Sonne to that end that all that beleeve in him should not perish but haue life Everlasting Whereby appeareth most plainely that Christ is the Booke of Life and that all that beleeve in him are in the same Booke so are chosen to Everlasting life for only those are ordained which beleeve Therefore when thou hast faith in Christ then thou art in the booke of Life and so art thou sure of thy Election And againe If thou bee without Christ and have no Faith in him neyther art sory for thy wickednesse nor have a minde and purpose to leave and forsake Sinne but rather exercise and use the same then thou art not in the booke of Life as long as thou art in such a case and therefore shalt thou goe into Everlasting fire namely if thou dye in thy wickednesse and finne without Repentance But there are none so wicked but hee may have a Remedy what is that Enter into thine owne heart and search the secrets of the same Consider thine owne life and how thou hast spent thy dayes And if thou find in thy selfe all manner of uncleannesse and abhominable sinnes and so seest thy Damnation before thine eyes what shalt thou then doe Confesse the same unto thy Lord GOD be sory that thou hast offended so loving a Father and aske mercy of him in the name of Christ and beleeve stedfastly that hee will bee mercifull unto thee in the respect of his onely Sonne which suffered Death for thee and then have a good purpose to leave all sinne and wickednesse and to with-stand and resist the affections of thine owne flesh which ever fight against the spirit and to live uprightly and godly after the will and Commandement of thy heavenly Father If thou goe thus to worke surely thou shalt be heard thy sinnes shall bee forgiven thee God will shew himselfe true in his Promise For to that end hee hath sent his onely Sonne into this world that hee might save Sinners Consider therefore I say Wherefore Christ came into this world Consider also the great Hatred and wrath that God beareth against Sinne and againe consider his great Love shewed unto thee in that hee sent his onely Sonne to suffer most cruell Death rather than that thou shouldst be damned Everlastingly Thus speaketh that Learned B. and Blessed Martyr in that place And in another place hee saith O What a pittifull thing is it That a man will not consider this and leave Sinne and Pleasure of this world and live godly but is so blind and so mad that he will rather have a momentary and a very short and smll pleasure han to hearken to the Will and pleasure of Alnighty God that might avoyd Everlasting paine and ●oe and give unto him Everlasting felicitie For that a ●reat many of us are Damned the fault is not in God for Deis vult omnes homines salvos fieri GOD would have all men to bee saved But the fault is in our selves and in o● owne madnesse that had rather have Damnation th●● Salvation And fu●her in another passage the same Holy Marty writeth in this manner viz. VVEe rode in the Actes of the Apostles That when Saint Paul had made a long Sermon at Antioch then beleeve sayth the Evangelist as many as were ordaind to life Everlasting With the which saying 〈◊〉 great nu●ber of people have beene offended and have sayd We perceive that onely those shall come to beleeve and so to everlasting life which are chosen of God vnto it therefore it is no matter whatsoever wee doe For if we be Chosen to Everlasting life we shall have it And so they have opened a doore unto themselues of all Wickednesse and carnall liberty against the true meaning of the Scripture For if the most part bee damned the fault is not in God but in themselves For it is written Deus vult omnes homines salvos fieri God would that all men should be saved But they themselves procure their owne damnation and despise the passion of Christ by their owne wicked and inordinate living Heere wee ma● learne to keepe us from all curious and dangerous questions When we heare that some bee chosen and some●ee ●ee damned let us have good hope that we shall be among he chosen and live after this hope that is uprightly and godly then thou shalt not be deceived Thinke that God hath chosen those that beleeve in Christ and Christi the booke of life If thou beleevest in him then thou ar●ritten in the booke of life and shalt be saved So wee need not to goe about to trouble our selves with curios questions of the Predestination of God But let us rater endeavour our selves that we may be in Christ for ●hen wee be in him then are