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A22061 The letters which Iohan Ashwel priour of Newnham Abbey besids Bedforde, sente secretely to the Bishope of Lyncolne in the yeare of our lord M.D.xxvii. Where in the sayde priour accuseth George Ioye that tyme beinge felawe of Peter college in Cambridge, of fower opinio[n]s: with the answer of the sayed George vn to the same opinions. Joye, George, d. 1553.; Ashwell, John, d. 1541? 1531 (1531) STC 845; ESTC S109050 30,257 49

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goddis worde daily that ar sente inspired with his spirit ▪ all thought they be but simple prestes in your eyes nether pope nor bishopa occupye their mindis in his lawe daye night exercise these keyes besely turning thē in mennis hartis whetting the worde of god vpon them ād as Paule exhorteth his Timothe preaching his worde are feruēt in ceason or oute of ceason improue rebuke exhorte with al longe sufferīge 2. Tim. 4. These men I saye that thus preache and teache cōtinually goddis worde and declare it puerly haue the keyes of the kingdome of heuē these lose whē they open sinners hartis into repētaunce faithe they binde when they preach the lawe holde still siche as beleue not their wordis but resist and persecute them And you M. priour ād as many as nether canne nor wil preache but persecute them that God sendeth with these keyes you I saye whether ye be Pope Cardinal Bishope abbot priour or preste nether lose nor binde nor yet have you Christis keyes but only those rustye tradicions ād lawes of men to shitt up the kingdome of heuen to take awaye the knowlege of Christe with vngodly inhibicions lighteningis and thundering of excōmunicacions threateningis persecucions impresoningis scourgingis and burningis nothinge fearīge that terrible thondre clappe of Christis owne mouthe daily thondringe ouer you headis cryinge Matt. 23. Wo be to you scribes and Pharisays hipocrits for you shittup the kīgdome of heauen before men and nether your selfe enterī nor yet suffer you siche as wolde come therto to enterī And yet feare you not this terrible threatenīge of euerlastinge dānacion hanging ouer your headis These ar your counterfetted keyes and false pestelent persuasions to driue the peple frome the knowlege of Goddis worde and their saluaciō which worde is the keye ād highe waye to the kingdome of heuen ye saye it is harde and derke for the laye peple but wo be to you saith I saye ca. 5. that tel thē the light to be derkenes you saye that the scripture in englisshe wolde make sedicion brede errours hereseys emonge the laye men ād so to be euil for thē but wo be to you saith I saie that saye that thīge which is good to be euill ye saye the letter slaythe is vnsa●erie and bitter for them but wo be to you saith I saie agene that saye that which is swete to be bitter Thus is the holye cleare good ād swete gospel of Christe belyed shamefully and blasphemed of you If it be bitter and vnsauory it is 〈◊〉 sauour it is ●ou●rd and derke to you that perisshe saith Paule 2. Corin. 2. 4. It had bē better for you to haue obayed the counsel of Eamaliel Act● 5. then thus so manifestly repugned faught agenst God but you ar so blinded with your owne malice that you se not how syth you inhibyted the pro●●●rs ayd the worde of God to be taught and 〈…〉 laye men ād persecuted it the more it 〈◊〉 ●ethe it gro●eth it spreadeth it thrusteth you downe declareth you openly to be the very Pharis●●●s scribes ●ipocritis and euen the very Antichristis that 〈◊〉 and his apostles prophecied to 〈…〉 dares Repente repente you therfore and conuerted to God aske grace and mercie that he wolde illumine your hartis ād lose you with the ●eyes of the knowlege of his holy morde and 〈◊〉 your wittis oute of this blinde ignoraunce and vnbeliefe Amen ¶ But yet 〈◊〉 if your learnīge be so encreased sith 〈…〉 that you chased me a waie with these your 〈◊〉 that you canne make me this obiection 〈…〉 Park in the second chapter and Luce in the 〈…〉 only God that forgeueth sinnes and so the Apostles forgeue thē not Thē I answere you 〈…〉 many thīgis pertayning only to god 〈…〉 of his infinite goodnes geueth vnto vs 〈◊〉 calleth thē owrs The keyes which ar the worde ar his ●d yet he calleth the worde owrs and many 〈◊〉 that were wrought with the same worde as 〈…〉 where he said to the Apostles He●l●●he ●ik mak clene the leprose raise the dede castout deuels which al were his workis yet he gaue them powr to do his workis The worde where with they did these miracles was his worde and yet he called it theirs saing Vv●o so euer receyue not you nother wil heare your wordes c. ye and euen our owne good workis as we beleue it is he that worketh them in vs as testifieth Isaie the. 26 and yet is he contente of his liberalite that we bare the name of them and be called our workis But he rewardeth his deadis in vs saith Augustin If this soluciō satisfieth you not then remitte I you vnto a like maner af speach Ieremie 15. Vv●ere God had Jeremie caste oute the Jwes frome his presens saing Eijce illos a facie mea And yet god casted them oute his owne selfe and euen so in like autorite he saide to the Apostles Vhose sinnes so euer you forgeue they ar forgeuen c. For aftir the familiare phrase and vehemence of the Hebrewe speach as the professours of that tōge affirme Vvhē God bad Jeremie caste them forthe he wolde nothing els but that he shulde tell and preache them to be caste forth ledde into captiuite if they amended not their liuinge so when he said to thapostles Vvhose sinnes so euer you forgeue c. He ment that to whom so euer you preache and tel thē their sinnes to be forgeuen if they beleue in me ād chaunge their lyfe theyr sinnes ar forgeuen For as at Jeremies preachinge the vngodly were castoute so at Thapostels preachinge the penitent beleuers haue their sinnes forgeuen And the vnbeleuers ar holden captiue in their sinnes ❧ ¶ M. Priour of Newnhams seconde opinion NOwe as touchinge your seconde opinion whiche you saie that I helde That faith withoute workes is sufficient verely I neuer saide so but I might saie that by faith withoute workes a man is iustified Whiche is Paules sainge in the thirde cap. to the Romās and this sentence I beleue as true with Paule and holde it for nō opinion And for a declaraciō of this Paules sentēce I wil firste tel you what is faithe what it is to be iustified before god ād what is the rightwisnes of faithe Firste ye shal knowe that the Apostle defineth faith in the. 11. ca. to the Hebrews saing that faithe is the very suer substancial beliefe of him whiche is the same thinge that we hope fore that is to saie faith is an infallible vndouted certaintye in our hartes wherby we beleue and truste in the inuisible God and to opene this definicion yet more plainely Faithe is that same cōstante and faste persuasion in our hartes assuerde vs by the holygoste certifyinge vs of the goodnes of God and of his promises towerde vs by the which persuasion we beleue verely his wordes and ar assuerde in our hartes the holy goste
testifinge it in vs that he is our God our father to vs an almighty helper and deliuerer and that we are receyued in to his favour by the dethe and meretis of his sonne Iesus Christe our saviour vpon the which beliefe ād assuered persuasion we love him so ernestly agene that we ceasse not the occasion and tyme offrede to fulfill his plesures in doinge the workes of loue or charite to our neghbours Of this lively faithe Paule speaketh alwayes which by love is mighty in operacion ad Gala. 5. and mente no more deade faithe in this his sentēce A man is iustified bi faithe thē he mente of a deade man whē he alledged the prophete Abaku●saing the rightwise shal liue of his faithe for dede faith geueth no life ¶ To be iustifyed orto be made rightwyse before God by this faithe is nothinge els but to be absolued frome sinne of God to be forgeuen orto haue no sinne imputed vnto him of God ¶ The rightwysnes which is allowed before God that cometh of faithe is sometimes in scripture called his mercie or fauour towerd vs in vs wherby he is moued for Christis bloudis sake to promise vs forgeuenes And sometimes it is takē for his truthe faithfulnes in the performīge of his promise of this is he called iuste or rightwise faithful and true Vv●erfore the scripture comenly ioyneth these two wordes mercie Truthe or faithfulnes togither especially in the Psalmes as I noted in the argument of the. 89. Psalme and as Dauid praieth God in the. 31. Psal. to deliuer him for his rightwisnes sake that is for his mercies sake or for his truthes sake in the. 5. Psal. lorde ledemeforthe for thy rightwisnes sake The mercy wherby God is moued to promise vs his benefits goth before and his truthe in performinge feloweth nowe the maner of the scripture is to vse the one for the tother as the kingdome of heauē for the gospel which gothe before is the knowlege of the waye to the kingdome and because of hearinge the worde cometh faith Ro. 10. therfore to heare in scripture is sometimes takē for to beleue as Iohan in the. 6. Euery man that hath harde and is learned of my father cometh to me that is to saye euery man that beleueth on the father c. in the same ca. He that cometh to me shalnot hōger which saing the sentence folowing expoundeth thus He that beleueth in me shal neuer thirste or shal be euer satisfied here to come to Christe whiche foloweth faith in him is taken for to beleue in him ād sometime that at gothe before is taken for that at foloweth as maye apere wel to them that are excercised in readīg of holy scripture as the keye of knowleg and the gospel ar al one for that one comeh of the tother Farthermore Paule in the. 9. .10 ca. to the Ro. ī the. 3. to the Philip. declareth two maner of rightwisnesses one he calleth the rightwisnes of the lawe or our owne rightwisnes the tother the rightwisnes of god or of faithe the rightwisnes of the the law is that at is gotē bi workes of the lawe the rightwisnes of faithe is that wherby God of his mercie rekeneth vs righwise for our faythe 's sake Outwarde workes shewe vs rightwise before the worlde but faithe iustifieth vs before God Abrahams vtwarde dede in obainge God and going forth to offer his sonne Isaac Genesis 22. and Iames. 2. was a testimony of his faith and declared him rightwise before men aft●r the rightwisnes of the lawe but his faith iustified hī before God longe before yer Isaac was borne Gene. 15. Also we ar iustified before God only in that we ar chosen in Christe before the wolrde was created Ephe. 1. Of the whiche election ād iustifica●●● our faithe when god geueth it vs certifieth our hartes aftirwarde whē our faith brekethforth ī to good workes for trwe faith cānot be ydle than ar our workes a testimony before men of our faithe so that our faithe is a secrete and a suer persua●ion to our selfe of our election before God and our workes that procede of faithe ar a testimony of our faith to the worlde of the which vtward workes the worlde iugeth vs rightwise a●tir the rightwisnes of the law But here let men take hede leste they despise the rightwisnee of faithe ●s heresie stāde to the rightwisnes of their owne workes Of whō thꝰ speaketh Paule Ro. 10. They ar ignorāt of the rightwisnes which is alowed before God go aboute to stableshe their owne rightwisnes wherfore they ar not vnder the righwisnes of God There Paule as I poynted you to before bringeth in Moses Leuiti 18. in Deutero 30. describinge these two rightwisnes as one cōtrarie to the tother of the whiche descripciō I wil not here tarye rede the places ād Paules pistle to the Ro. to the Gala. vnderstande it if god wil geue it yowe This is therfore Paules sentence to the Romans in the thirde chapter Vve suppose that a man is iustified by faithe with oute the workes of the lawe vnderstanding it of iustificacion and of that rightwisnes that is of liuely faith ād alowed before God as I haue declared it before And for the probaciō of this sentence the Prophetes Christe his awne selfe and his Apostles spente al their labours and liues ād especially Paule labouring above al other to confirme it as it apereth in his pistles and especially in his pistle to the Romans Vvheryn he layed this sentence of the iustifyinge by faith at the beginninge as his principal proposition and chefe foundation grounded of the testimonie of Abaku● the Prophete Agenste the which proposicion the Iwe whiche sought for the rightwisnes of workes as nowe do the false Christen a non obiected saing as you do nowe If faith ōly iustifieth wherfore the is the lawe with so many good workes cōmaunded vs to fulfil it Paule answerthe By the lawe come men in to the knowledge of their sinnes And because ye shulde vnderstand that by the lawe he mēte the moral lawe not the ceremonial He gaue exāple ī the. 7. ca. of the moral law saīg I had not known that cōcupiscēse had bē sinne except the law had saide Thou shalnot luste And nowe therfore saith he Rom. 3. the rightwisnes of God is made manifeste with oute the lawe by the Gospel frome faith to faithe which rightwisnes was sometime preached of the Prophetes and proued by the testimony of the lawe And nowe a● men iustified frely by Goddis mercy and by the redempcion that is in Jesu Christe thorowe faith in his bloude c. Ro. 3. Then agene obiecteth the Iwe as nowe dothe the Christē in the beginnīge of the 4. ca. Vvhat thē shal we saye to Abrahā our father aftir the flesshe what gote he bi his workes Vvas he not iustified bi them If Abraham saith Paule were iustified by his workes so hath he
wherby Pope bishope or preste holdeth and absolueth the man that cōfesseth him into their cares and of this power only I dare saye you vnderstonde your opinion and so accused me as aduersary to it But Master priour you shal vnderstande that I mene no sich power by these keyes nether Christe meaneth eny sith by them For whē he gaue them these keyes he sente them not forth with them to heare confessions but to preach his gospell as witnesseth both Johan 20. and Mark 16. so that these keyes ar annexed vn to the office of preachinge as ye may se at the geuinge of them But if you were well aquainted with Christis gospel ye shulde haue redde yere this ī Mattheu the 23. chapter Vvo be to you scribes and Pharisays hypocrites for you sh●tvp the kyngdome of heauē before mē c. How I praie you did thei shit it vp L●●e declareth cap. 11. sayng w● be to you lawyers for you haue taken awaye the keye of knowlege so that uether your selues enteryn and yet forbyd you thē that wolde enteryn Nowe thanked be god which hath here tolde vs at the laste what he mēte by his keyes callīg thē the keyes of knowlege but I praye you how did the pharisays lawiers shit vp the kingdome of heauen vexely euen as Luce saith in that they toke awaye the keye of knowlege wherbi men shulde come thither as now do their successours forbiddinge men to preach Christes Gospell to rede his holy testament which to the verye keye of the knowlege of God our father of Christe his sonne to be our only sauiour this is the keye that openeth the highe waye to the kingdome of heauen this openeth the dore of the which Christe speaketh Johan 10. thorow the which dore who so euer entreth shal be saued c. And for this cause Christe called his Gospel holy worde the keye of knowlege or keyes in the plural noumber of the kingdō of heauen alluding vnto the double propertye that one keye hathe both to open and to shitte Nowe sith the shitting vp of the kingdome of heauen be the taking a waye of the keye of the knowlege of goddis worde then muste the openinge of it nedis be the geuinge of the keye of the knowlege of Goddis worde which knowlege standeth in the preaching hearing reading therof wherfore Christe sayd at the deliueraunce of th●se keyes Marke the. 16. Go your wayes into all the worlde preache my Gospell And Johan cap. 〈◊〉 As my father hath sente me so sende I you Here maye you se what Christ mēt by these keyes promised Mat. 16. ād when they were geuen Luce telling the same storie more at large sayenge Thus it ●●ehoued Christe to suffre as it is writen to rys● ag●ne the thirde daye frome deth that repētaun●● and remissiō of sinnes shulde be preached in his name emong all nacions For at the preaching of the lawe men knowe there sinnes ād fele thēselfe boundē of the which knowlege ād felinge ther folowth repentaunce And at the preachinge of the Gospel which promiseth remission of sinnes there folowth faith which loseth the captiue cōscience in to the quiet libertye of the spirit Nowe had they the worde delyuerde thē to be preached which he called the keye of knowlege nowe were they īspired with the holy goste nowe was the keye of Dauid geuen them that openeth no man shitteth Apo. 3. for after longe cōmunicacion ād declaring him selfe to thē he sayd these are the wordis which I spake to you while I was yet with you for all muste be fulfilled which were writen of me in the lawe of Moses in the prophetis and psalmis Then opened he their hartis that they might vnderstāde the scriptures the propertye of a keye is to open that which before was shitte thus doth Luce allude agre his speach with the propertys of a keye for before in the iourney to Emaus with the two disciples he saith their eyes were shitte vp holden so that they knewe him not but aftir he had rebuked them for their vnbeliefe ād opened thē the scriptures turning the keye of his worde in their hartis the holygoste working with al their eyes were opened thei knewe him Here maye ye se in the storie of Luce how with his worde he opened the hertes of these two disciples yet locked vp in vnbeliefe before they returned to Hierusalē vnto the other xi disciples Nowe sayth he euen as I was sente that is to saye to open mennis hartis losing them with the keye of my knowlege frome vnbeliefe by preachinge and expounding the scriptures euē to sende I you he sente not only thē but hath seme hitherto shal sende preachers with the same keyes of knowlege of the worde to binde ād to lose lyke wyse vnto the worldis ende Note here also howe ofte lu● vseth these wordis their eyes were holdē their eyes were opened he opened their wittes euer more alludinge vnto the propertye of a keye Thus he opened theyr hartis with the keye of his worde to bringe in his knowlege in to thē the holy goste breathed into them and turnīge the kaye in their hartis into the right sence and vnderstanding of his worde An example is setto in Johan of Thomas Dydimus which was not emonge thapostles at the geuīge of these keyes of the knowlege of his gloriouse resurrectiō which was that Gospel and the very ioyful tidingis wherfore his harte was yet locked vp holden in vnbeliefe not with standinge yet the other apostles dyd put this keye into hī so begane to practise it vpon hī sainge V●d●●us dūm but this keye turned not right ī his harte ne opened it for he beleved thē not but said Excepte I se the holes of the nailes in his hādis put my finger into them ye except I put my hande into his side I wil not beleue it here was Thomas sore boundē holdē with the sinne of vnbeliefe But aftir .viij. dayes thei beinge there within agayne Thomas with thē Jesus came in the dore shi●te stode emōge thē saīge peace be with you ● thē said he to Thomas put ī thy finger here fele my hādes puttup thy hande thruste it into my side ād be no more in vnbeliefe but beleue Here the keye of christis worde turned right ī Thomas his herte losinge it frome vnbeliefe he saide D●s meus deus meus my lorde my god The worke of God cōteyneth bothe the lawe the Gospel The lawe is that wich god cōmaundeth vs to fulfil as ar the .x. cōmaūdemētis the gospel is the power of god vnto helthe for euery man that beleueth Ro. j. it is the promise of grace remissiō of sinnes geuē vs thorow Christe The lawe is spirituall re●reth our hertes our very affectis as to beleue to truste ī god only to loue hī with al our hartes soule