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A07407	The iustification of man by faith only: made and vvritten by Phylyp Melanchton. and translated out of the Latyn in to this oure mother tonge by Nicholas Lesse of London An apologie or defence of the worde of God, declaringe what a necessary thynge it is, to be in all mennes handes, the want wher of is the only cause of al vngodlienes committed thorowe the whole earth, made by the sayde Nicholas Lesse	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Lesse, Nicholas. Apologie or defence of the worde of God. aut	1548 (1548)	STC 17792; ESTC S104245	86,618	204

❧ THE IVSTIFICATION OF MAN BY FAITH ONLY MADE AND VVRITTEN by Phylyp Melanchton and Translated out of the Latyn in to this oure mother tonge by Nicholas Lesse of London AN APOLOGIE OR DEfence of the worde of God declaringe what a necess●ry thynge it is to be in all mennes handes the want wherof is the only cause of al vngodlines committed thorowe the whole earthe made by the sayde Nicholas Lesse Augustinus in Psal 31. Si vis esse alienus a gratia iacta merita tua ❧ TO THE MYGHTIE AND VICTORIOVS PRINCE Edwarde by the grace of God duke of Somerset Lorde gouernoure mooste fortunate of the Kynge hys hyghnesse owne proper persone and Lorde Protector of the Realmes of Englande and Irelande with the rest of the Kyng his dominions on bothe syde the Seas Nicholas Lesse of London desyrethe good helth both of body and minde with long continuance therein to the plesure of the Lorde COnsidering and pondering with my selfe mooste noble Lorde and verye frende of God the greate diuersitie of opinions nat onely in thys Realme but in al other realmes and dominions rysen and spronge for lacke of the true knowledge of the worde of God concernynge the iustificacion of man besyde the greate variaunce and mortall hatred nat onely betwene man and man but also betwene Realme and Realme that almoste no countrye no region or place is voyde of thys and suche lyke kynde of controuersies to no small dystructyon of Christians the matter beynge in the time of Lent last past which was in the yeare of our lorde 1547. by the Kynge hys grace hys owne subiectes before his highnes in his Chappell moste clarkely and connyngly declared and made open that nothynge coulde be desyred more it semed to me a thynge very necessarye and expediente amonge many whiche haue written on this article accordynge to good and syncere doctryne to select and chose on 〈◊〉 doynge whose labour and payns shulde seme to me so fruytfull whose reasons so pl●●ne so mete for the capacitie of al men to be perceyued and vnderstanded that for the comon profite and lerninge of all men whiche are wyllynge to knowe and learne the truthe it shulde seme to me no laboure no payne but great pleasure and comfort to trāslate it into this oure mother tonge That lyke wyse as they haue bene instructed and taught by the liuely voyce of godly and learned preachers so they maye beynge at home in theyr houses certifie and confyrme theyr owne conscience euery man as God wyl gyue him grace to receyue it ¶ OF the which article of Iustification for as muche as there be thre sundry opinions and myndes of men so diuers so contrary and different one from that other that almoste no blak●i●s more contrary to whyte beynge no lykenesse of similitude and agrement in them euery man for his perswasion with to the and nayle striuinnge and contendynge that almost the whole some of our belefe is nowe come to that case that it is nothynge els but a bare contention it is nedeful I say therefore that there be set abrode to al the kynge his moste louynge subiectes in wrytynge some perfect instruction all other phantasies and opinions sayde asyde wherein beynge lerned they may knowe certaynly wherto they may-stycke and confyrme theyr myndes ¶ There is one kynde of men whiche contende that by theyr owne workes and merites they ar iustified to whom theyr sauyoure and redemer is of none effecte and serueth for no purpose except it be to theyr condempnation bicause they do refuse so gentyll and louynge a sauyoure makynge and deuysynge to them selues euerye man after his owne phantasye a sundrye sauyoure and redemer some one thyngesome an other Papistes Iewes The whiche sorte of men are the foule and stynkynge Papystes and also the Iewes Of the whiche twayne the Iewes are least to be blamed for as muche as the Papystes professynge the name of Christ do vtterly denye Christe in byenge and sellynge the saluation of man none otherwise than Iudas dyd bye and sel his maister I feare me that lyke mischefe wyll happen to them as dyd to Iudas whiche for sorowe moost desperate wente a 〈◊〉 ●●●●ed him selfe The Lorde gyue them g●●●● to repente whyle they be in the waye And as for workes they do drowne mennes conscience in them so muche that withoute they do them as they be prescribed there shal remaine no hope of saluation more redy to dryue men headlynge into desperation than to any trust of the bloude of Christe The Iewes are no Iewes in comparation to these They haue the Scriptures to serue for theyr purpose at the leaste they do make them to do them seruyce as the Deuyll what tyme he tempted the Lorde If it wolde please God to open the eyes of the Iewes that they myght beholde and se the lyghte of the ryght Messias whiche is come all redy to vs whome they yet loke after they wolde deteste and abhorre these foule Cankres they wolde nat knowe them to be anye of the flocke of Christ but of Sathan to whom they do seruice of whom they shall be rewarded ¶ An other sorte there is to whome Christe is somewhat more beholdynge nat so openly malicious as they be but no lesse dangerous for as much as they do come more vnder coloure of vertue At whose handes Christe lesyth nat all hys laboure beynge allowed as yet for halfe a sauioure Our saluation beynge cutte of in the myddes that one halfe to Christe and that other to theyr owne workes ascrybed Hipocrites These be the holy Hipocrites which perceyuynge and seyng the lyght of the Gospell so shynynge abrode all the worlde that theyr abhominable traytery to God can no lenger be hydde do nowe at the last mitigate and swage some thynge that greate and foule errour wherein they made Christ to lese all his labour all his paynes all hys bloudshed as muche as lay in them They do sause it I saye with Sewgar they do myxe Hony with Poyson to begyle the poore soules the more craftely and subtyllye sayenge that with workes and faythe togyther they muste or iustified so that from our iustification in no case they wyl exclude workes for none other purpose but to maynteyne and holde vp the fylthye dignitie of those workes which they haue inuented by theyr owne brayns for lucre sake The worde of God The word of God is Triacle to the soule whiche is the most fyneste Triacle that maye be can nat chose but expell this deadelye Poyson from the herte of man ¶ T● thyrde sorte knowledgyng and confessynge Christe in his owne kinde that he is the only sauiour the only redemer Trewe prechers our only mediatour and aduocate whiche shewethe to his father in oure cause hys bloudy payns which he hath suffered and passed for vs these men do teache that onely by faythe euery Chrystyan man is iustified in the bloude of the Lambe whiche is Christ Nat there by excludynge repentaunce

from our syght the true comfort and consolation of our sycke mynde●●●d consciences If when we do make our inuocation and prayer we do beholde our owne selfe thinking that the ●●we shall come to God when we are f●ll of godly vertues we muste nat loke for the kingdome of Heuen before we do se these great vertues and perfectnes in vs. Truly our myndes wolde abhorre our impurytie and fylthynesse and dispayre of the helpe of God And the more that our myndes are vexed and troubled Thoughe thou be vnworthy lett nat to com● boldlye to Christe the more they do ponder and consyder theyr owne vnclennes wekenes of nature Paul therfore bycause he doth perceyue that we can nat bring me rites worthy saluation vnto God therefore he doth set forth Grace that is free pardon and acceptation for Christ sake Therfore although thou canst nat bring worthines and come worthily to Christ let nat for al that to come boldly in with a sure confidence in our mediator Christ hauinge him therefore as Paull sayeth our Bisshoppe let vs drawe nere to the throne and mercyful seate of his Grace ¶ These refutations I haue nowe ioyned to the matter of iustification that they which do reason and dispute of the propre signification and meaning of this proposition by fayth we are iustified may hereby be sufficiently instructed For I entende alway God is my recorde nothinge more than to speake and declare that thynge which is both true and ryght voydynge al maner of subtyl reasonynge to instruct them whiche be learners howe they maye the better put away these crafty cauilations whiche they do vse in the scholes ¶ Therfore I wysshe and desyre that these examples may be profitable to many both that the matter which we haue handeled and spoken of may be the playner and that they whiche be studious of knowledge may with the better wyl gyue them selfe and theyr whole mindꝭ therto For these refutacions do declare that those men which shulde open these controuersies beinge so intrycate and doubtful had nede both to be lerned and also wel exercised in suche matters ¶ Let nat those men which do take on them the office of true opening and settinge forthe of the doctryne of Christe thynke that they haue taken a smal matter in hande Therfore I pray God that it wolde please him to gouerne the studyes of the vertuosly dysposed and nat to suffre in his church the true knowledge of Christ and the lyght of his Gospel to be obscured and made darke to the glory and prayse of him for euer ¶ AMEN ¶ AN APOLOGY OR DEFENCE OF THE VVORDE of God declarynge howe necessarye a thynge it is to be hadde in the handes of all persons which do beare the name of Christe and beinge called Christians are wyllynge to knowe his veritie To the myghtie and victoryous prince Edwarde by the grace of God Dukes grace of Somersette Lorde gouernoure of the kynge hys highnesse owne propre person and Lord protector of the Realmes of Englande and Irelande with the rest of the kynges dominions on bothe syde the Seas FOR AS MVCHE as there is nothynge in this worlde more necessary and expediente for man most godly disposed Prince The feare and loue of god than the feare and also the loue of God bearynge thereto wytnesse the wyse man sayinge The begynnynge of wysdome is the feare of the Lorde nat a seruyll and a bondmans feare which engendreth hatred and malyce rather then loue but suche a feare as the chylde bearyng to his natural father for loue feareth to do that thynge which myght displease his father the whiche loue and feare of God being nat only for any cōmoditie or displeasure wordlye no nor yet for any thyng which might be commodious or contrary after this presente lyfe but to declare and shewe our selfes nat to be ingrate and vnthankful for so great and manifolde benefytes whiche we haue and do daylye receyue at his most plentifull and liberal hande at the hande I say nat of a nygard but of such ●on whiche nat only thynges cadewke and mortal al thynges being of hꝭ goodnes but also that thing which for oure ryght helth was most necessary and to him most paynfull nat against his wyl vouched safe to gyue ye to the bloude of his hert that we shuld no more but loue and feare him ¶ The perfect knowlege wherof what thinge can or may better teache and instruct vs The reding ●f the worde ●f god is the ●eachinge of 〈◊〉 to feare ●●d and to ●ue him al●o withoute ●he whiche ●ou canste ●o neyther which wolde be fayne Christyan men in dede than the contynuall reading of his most blessed wyll declared left vnto vs of him selfe by the mouthes of the holy and vertuous men the Patriarkes and Prophettes beinge inspired with the spirite of his most heuenly god hede and after by the mouth of the right Messias promised to vs and exhibited according to the promise to the confyrmacion and stablishing of al his behestes louing promises which at no tyme hath promised any thyng which he hath nat ye with auauntage perfourmed with much more than we coulde of our frayl weaknes desyre or wyshe The want of the which loue and feare howe great ruine and decay it doth cause and bring in to the cytye of the Lorde The c●tye of the lord which is the church or congregation vniuersal of all them which professeth his name taking on them to do his wyl it is so manifest and open the more is the pitie that almost in a great nombre a man shal scant fynde one that lyueth in the true loue and feare of the Lorde in so much that he may wel say If I do fynde but one iust man in the cytye I wyl ceasse my wrath from it contrary wise innumerable almost al the world which passeth nat good haw which ende of the staffe doth go forward whether God or the Deuyl be better man which neyther for the loue of god for his merytes sake nor yet for the sharpe thonderboltes and threateninges of his wrath ones begynneth to redresse and reforme to better theyr lewde and vngracious kynde of lyfe nat squayring and playning it after the ryght lyne and rule of his most blessed worde but clean contrary euery man as the Deuyll putteth into his head doth hacke maungle and choppe this most blessed and pure worde al to peces to serue theyr owne purposes and most dampnable affectiōs going about nat to make the stone fyt to the lyne as the prouerbe maketh mention but the lyne and rular to the stone ¶ O what a goodly pece of worke and wel framed buylding wold this be how euen and well proporcioned a matter how excellent a frame A frame worthy forsoth to be put in paterne for an example to al them which are most expert and cunnynge workemaysters Howe longe tyme wolde it be if a man wolde thus begyn to buylde an

Discite quia mitis et humilis sum Lerne of me for I am mek lowly and gentyl Also peace be with you loue you one another as I loued you in this men shal know that you be my disciples What thing sheweth forth true obediēce of subiectes vnto theyr louinge kynges but the worde of God which declarethe to vs howe obedient howe subiect our mayster Christ shewed him self vnto Cesar sayinge to Peter let me se the coyne and stampe of Cesar knowledgynge and alowynge therin and also comfyrmyng the auctoritie of princes commaunding also to gyue pay and rendre vnto Cesar all that doth belonge to the emperyall crowne and dignitie of the Emperoure What doth Paul teach in commanding vs to be obediente to kinges and magystrates addinge thereto a cause of oure necessary obedience declaringe that he is nat ordeyned of man but of God as the hygh minister and officer of god and that he beareth nat the swerd in vayne Paul also which commaundeth the lawes to be kept teacheth nat disobedience ¶ What place of the Gospels and Pystles is nat euery where full of al maner of obedience Of the sonne to the father the seruant to the mayster with lyke exhortations vnto the maysters fathers towardes theyr seruantes and chyldren This geare is farre from rebelling frō seditions from risinges and insurrections Yet these hell houndes be nat a shamed to report belye and sclaunder most shamefully the holy worde of God bearing most false witnes agaynst it for to banyshe it to burne it to hange it out of the way that theyr mayster Sathan may haue ful swey and rule in the hert of mā whiche is the seate house and temple of God Such as these be are fyrst traytors to God and after to theyr princes and kynges For it standeth nat with reason nay it is vnpossible that ye or they shuld loue theyr kinge hartely which loueth nat God which taketh part with Antechrist They theyr owne selfes be those persons which wolde haue seditions with risinges and insurrections of the cōmōs and other heades to the maynteyning of the kyngdom of Sathan For I doubte nat to abyde by it that where the worde of God is there can be no such disobedience no nor mistrust of subiectes But where the word of god is nat there loke for no maner of goodnes no kind of vertue none obedience or loue but for feare nat from the hert but from the teche forwarde laughing as the Hare which hāgeth on the saddle bowe amonge them is the Deuyll with all his whole bande and rable Example we hadde nat many yeares past when Sathan his minister Antechrist with his retinue of Monkes Fryers and other of his chapleyns had thought to haue stroke a great stroke in this realme to the vtter vndoing of al the whole comiualtye of the said realme if the most mightie hand of the lorde hadde nat turned all theyr cogitations vppon theyr owne neckes I wolde they shulde answere me whether the worde af God was the cause of the insurreetion in the northe ye or nay If they be choked with this demaunde I wyll go a lytle more nere vnto them to se if they cā scape any way by any honest answere and excuse but that they shall be founde lowde and shameful lyers against god Which part was the fyrst mouers and styrers of thꝭ most lamentable insurrectiō if the lorde had nat set his fote in the laytie or the spiritualtie of the north partes If they wyl put it from them and laye it on the lay mennes shulders I wyl answere thē and say that the cause of the seditiō was nat the lay cause but the spiritual cause as they cal it for to maynteyne and vphold theyr vngracious power kingdom and dominion and that the lay men were but ministers of theyr fury madnes prouoked by them with most false persuasions Wherfore they most iustly suffered nat lyke traytors but traytors in dede If it was nat the popyshe cause or cause of religion as they do cal it in the defence of theyr sodomiticall monasteries and mayntenance of the most stinking proud Babilon with the great crowned whore and al her harlottes for what cause dyd theyr chalyses crosses pyckes of syluer and golde which no lay or prophane seculer man myght touche for the holynes therof but nat to holye good to commyt treasō with them flye so faste about to the mayntenance of this greate euyl with al theyr cattel as oxen shepe and grayne also that no thinge shulde lacke to the furtherance and setting forwarde of so euyl and deuelysh a purpose The badge and token that theyr souldy ours did were on theyr backes brestes for a knowledge and in theyr standerde was it nat the signe of the fyue woūdes of Christ in token and significatiō that theyr rysynge was in the ryghte of the churche Then must you confesse that the spiritualtie there being was the whole cause of that tumulte and sedition howe soeuer the pore laytie did beare the bront nat vnworthily for consenting and ayding of theyr treason But such hath ben alway the practice of Antechrist and hys true sworne seruauntes to set kinges with kinges togyther by the eares to styrre the commons against theyr kynges plucking theyr owne neckes forth of the halters they haue wayes inoughe to shyfte for them selfe Yet they wyl and affyrme that among them only doth and must remayne the worde of god which hath nothing to do with any such matter no nor yet can nat nor wyll nat be where anye such feates be vsed and practised For cōmonly where the word of God is absēt there wāteth no kind of mischiefe there is styrring mouing of hatred betwene the subiectꝭ and rulers This is the practise of the Deuyl in his ministers This was the practise of Augustin the legate of Sathan his minister Antechrist with whome al kinde of Abhomination was brought from Rome the seate of all iniquitie into Englande takinge at the tyme this noble realme so great infection that it could neuer sence be thorowly purged Was it not with god his worde that this Augustine caused a thousande fiue hundred godly and true preachers to be slayne in one day was not this the practise of the holy shrined traytour Thomas Becket for the church right what shamfull contumelise and opprobrious despite hath diuers right noble and godly kynges of this realme at the handes of these wicked fyndes perforce susteyned and glad that they might so scape with no worse turne What shulde I remembre that godly kynge Iohn whiche for the loue he dyd beare to the lorde and ardent desire in settyng forth of his gospel was he not after most shamful hādlyng at the last with poyson depriued of his lyfe what cloke what coloure had they to bleare the commons eies but only that thyng which they thought shuld please the commons for theyr poore bellies sake saiyng nay beliyng and most falsely sclaunderyng the kyng that