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Newes out of heauen both pleasaunt [and] ioyfull, lately set forth to the great co[n]solacion [and] co[m]forte of all christen me[n]. By Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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shewyng himselfe vnfaynedly to haue risen vnto his disciples certayne other than shal he by the woÌderfull power of his Godhead asceÌd vp into heaueÌ very God very maÌ in the presence of his disciples that they maye be faythefull wytnesses hereof to other sytte downe on y â right hand of God his father as equal God concernynge his dette w t his father in all vertue puissaunce strength power By this his meruaylous ascencion shall he go prepare places for you in y â house of his eternal father For he is y e way the trueth the lyfe No man coÌmethe to y â father but by him But this his meruaylous asceÌcioÌ shall he drawe you all vnto him By this his meruaylous asceÌcioÌ shal he gyue diuers spiritual gyftes vnto you thorowe the sendyng of y e holy ghost y â swete coÌfortour which shal lede you into al trueth Although he asceÌde vnto his father yet wyll not he leue you coÌfortles For by his deuyne spirite he wyll be w t you eueÌ to the very coÌsummacion ende of the world He wyll not leaue âorsake you For he is called Emanual whych is by interpretacioÌ God is with vs. For he is that God which wyl euer accompany you so loÌge as ye abyde in his worde Yea he wyll come dwell w t you He wyll offer himselfe to you euen as a gentle louynge father doth to his moost teÌder childreÌ For this his promyse I wyll sayeth he dwell amonge theÌ be conuersant among theÌ I wyll be theyr God they shall be my people yea I wyll be theyr father they shalbe my soÌnes and doughters Agayne though Christ shall syt on y e ryght hand of God y e father almyghty yet shal he not be ther ydle vtterly falleÌ froÌ sekyng your profyte For he shall ther continuallye pray make intercessioÌ to God his father for you This maÌ Christ Iesus is youre alone mediatoure so y â yf onye of you dothe synne ye haue him to be your aduocate euen Iesus Christ y â righteous And he it is y â obtayneth mercy for your synnes Whatsoeuer also ye aske of the father in his name he wyll surelye gyue it you What wyll ye desyre more Are not these comfortable swete newes to heare y â you haue this daye so precious a iewel borne amoÌg you yea gyuen you frely Uerely youre ioye oughte to be so great y t it coulde not be expressed Bât let vs hear mo ioyful tidiÌges WhaÌ y â tyme is ones come y â this world shall haue an ende then shal this your LORDE and kynge Iesus Christ come full gloryoâây from the right hand of his father in his maiesty before him shall be gathered al nacioÌs For at y â voyce of y â archangell troÌpe of God shall all people ryse out of the erth w t theyr bodies both faythfull vnfaythfull They y â haue done good shall come forth into y e resurreccioÌ of lyfe but they y â haue done euell into y â resurreccioÌ of daÌnacioÌ All shal be preseÌt before the iudgyng place of Christ. Euery maÌ shal receyue accordynge to theyr dedes ThaÌ shal you which are his faythful people receyue for your corruptible body an iÌcorruptible body for your mortal body an immortal body euen such one as shal be lyke to his owne gloryous body It hath not yet appered that ye shal be But knowe ye that yf he ones appeare ye shall be lyke vnto him for ye shal se hâm as he is This day of iudgement shalbe to the wicked vnfaythfull a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuines a daye of calamite misery a day of darkenes myst They shall walke as meÌ beyng blynde because they haue of fended the LORDE theyr bloude shalbe shed as y e dust theyr bodies as duÌge hylles Neyther shall theyr syluer golde be able to deliuer theÌ in that daye of the LORDES wrath For to theÌ it shalbe sayde Departe from me ye cursed into euerlasting fyre which is prepared for y e dyuell his Aungels But y e daye to you which are his faythfull people and obedient to his worde shalbe a daye of coÌsolacion coÌforte ioye myrthe w t all gladnes For to you it shal be sayd Come ye blessed chyldreÌ of my father inheryte y â kyngdom prepared for you from the begynnyng of the worlde For ye shall be taken vp in the cloudes for to mete y â LORDE in the ayre and so shal ye euer he w t the LORDE in glory But who is able to expresse what ioy what pleasure what myrthe what gladnesse ye shal haue in heaueÌ The eie hath not sene the eare hath not herde neither hath it entred iÌto y e herte of man y â God hath prepared for them that loue hiÌ Ye shall se him face to face vpon whom Aungelles desyre to loke With sorowe care thought ⪠payne or deathe shall ye no more be entangled God shall wype away al teares from your eyes Your ioye your gladnes youre myrth shall be perpetuall All the pleasure of this world coÌpared to the leest ioy of heuen is nothynge For this celestiall citie is of pure gold lyke vnto clere glasse the fouÌdacions of the walles of this citie are garnisshed with all maner of precious stones the gates are of fyne pearle Yea the streres of this heauenlye citie are pure golde It hath no nede of the sonne neyther of the Moone to lighten it For the brightnes of God doth lighten it the lambe is the light of it In this citie shall ye glyster as the shynyng of heaueÌ shalbe as y e sterres worlde without ende Ye shalbe as y â auÌgels of God y â are in heaueÌ Ye shall be pyllers in y e teÌple of god Ye shall be clothed w t whyte garmeÌtes ye shall sytte w t Christe vpoÌ his seate ye shall eate MaÌna y â is hyd ye shall eare of y â tree of lyfe which is in the myddes of the Paradise of God Ye shall haue a whyte stone in the stone a newe name wrytten which no man knoweth sauyng he that receyuethe it Ye shall receyue the crowne of lyfe which the LORD hath promised to theÌ that loue him Ye shall receyue the vncorruptyâââ crowne of glory Ye shal receiue the crowne of righteousnes which the LORDE a ryghteous iudge in y â daye shal gyue to all theÌ that loue his coÌmynge To conclude ye shall accordynge to his promyse receyue euerlastynge lyfe in the whiche ye shall lyue w t god the father and this his sonne Iesus Christ your Lord
whiche is to loue oure neyghboure and to walke in a new lyfe For what naturall man sheweth vnkyndnes for kyndnes Who hateth where he is loued MeÌ therfore hearynge this vnspekable loue of God towarde them muste nedes loue him agayne out of this loue orderly bryng forth a true vnfayned loue toward theyr neyghbour and an herty desyre to walke wythouâe spotte in the syght of so gentle and louynge a father Yf we marke wel the Epistles of the blessed Apostle saynt Paule we shall esely perceyue that he in lyke maner vsethe this trade aforesayde almoost in all his Epistles but chefely to the Romaynes Galathians and Ephestans I therfore ponderyng with my selfe but latelye y e great decaye of y â christen religioÌ the vtter destruccion almooste of all godly lyuynge thoughte w t my selfe that I coulde not at this present bestowe y e smale talent that God hath credited and lent vnto me better more aptely to the auauncement of gods glory ediâicacion of his church than to compyle some lyââe treatyse oute of the holy scriptures whiche shoulde contayne in it these thynges aforesayd paint out as it were in a certayne table fyrst the knowledge of our selues and afterward the benefytes of God the father toward vs by Iesus Christ that men perceyuyâge theyr owne abhominacion maye make the more haste to Gods goodnes whan they haue once tasted of that endeuour theÌ selues to walke worthy the kyndnes of god Thys thynge haue I done in thys worke folowynge accordynge as I trust to the pure vayne of the holy scryptures I haue entyteled the boke Ne. wes of heauen because it shewethe to vs the plesaunte ioyful confortable newes of Christe It openeth to vs aboundantly the syngular incomperable benefytes that we receyue of God thorowe Christ. The Ebuccinatour shewer declarer of these newes I haue made Gabriel the auÌgell Embassadour of God because that he fyrste of all brought tydinges of Christes incarnacion to the mooste pure cleane virgyne Marye I wyll not prayse the boke vnlesse I shoulde seme to hunte after vaynglory neither wyl I dispraise it vnlesse I myght seme rasshely without a cause to condeÌpne that which is worthy prayse coÌmendacioÌ of it selfe I leaue it therfore to y e iudgemeÌt of other that be ghostly learned taught of God Thys I dare boste y â it contaynethe more true and christen learnyng than a great sorte of volumes y t we haue hyghly estemed in tymes paste He that shall make this boke his coÌpagnion shal here fynd in fewe leaues that the whole Byble coÌmeÌtaries of the auncient doctors do teach of christ in many so y â it might well be called y e treasure house of christeÌ knowledge Neyther can any man iustely condempne or reiecte thys boke excepte he also wyl coteÌne set at nought the moost sacred and holy Byble with the aucthorities wher of this lytle treatyse is sufficiently plenteously fortressed defensed agaynste the boryshe tethe serpeÌtlyke tonges of these crakyng caluÌniatours subtyle SycophaÌtes which after the maner of Momus are redy to carpe repreheÌde coÌdempne euery mans worke enterprise be it neuer so godlye whaÌ they themselues brynge for the nothyng at all that is worthy eyther the redyng or the hearynge except men haue pleasure to read or heare blasphemes Yf any man shal thynke that I set out Christ Christes benefytes to largely which I am sure no maÌ wyll do excepte he be a very Antechrist and a wicked Papist let hym knowe that I set for the Christe no more than the holy Scriptures do beare The argumente also of my matter requyrethe no lesse than I haue wrytten Christ must be declared otherwyse then Moyses For Christe is a sauyoure And he bryngeth ioye peace fauour tranquilite of conscience free remission of synnes Therfore as a Sauyoure must he be declared and not as an extreme reuenger At Christes byrthe the Aungell sayd to the shepeherdes Feare not for beholde I shewe vnto you great ioye which shalbe to all people For this day is a sauyour borne which is Christ the LORDE in the cytie of Dauid And Christ hymselfe after his resurreccion sayde to his Apostles Go ye into y e vniuersal world preach the Gospel that is to say good mery tydinges to euery creature He that shal beleue be baptised shalbe saued But he y â shal not beleue shalbe condeÌpned Here may all men se that both the auÌgell and Christ are on my syde agree with me in facte Neyther is y e preching of christ his benefytes a wyndow to all kynd of carnal liberte dissolute lyuyng as the vngodly Papistes with vnshamefaced forheades dolye but rather a prouocacion sterynge vp of men vnto true godlynes which when they se the exceadyng goodnes of God toward theÌ take streyght wayes an occasion to loue God agayne a valcaunt courage to do his moost godly wyll He that readeth this my worke to the ende shall easelye perceyue that I go not aboute to plucke men from good workes but rather animite encourage them vnto the doyng of good workes prouynge with manifest euydent scryptures y â Christe is no sauyour but to such as wyth a contryte herte and an huÌble spyrite confesse theyr sinne repent theÌ of theyr wyckednes call to God for grace amend theyr wycked conuer sacioÌ correcte theyr synful maners walke in a newe lyfe go from vertue to vertue and serue God theyr maker all the dayes of theyr lyfe in holinesse in righteousnes For god dyd chose vs in christ as S. Paule sayeth thorowe loue before y e fouÌdacion of y â worlde was layde y â we should be sayntes w tout blame in his sighte And although by grace we are made safe thorow fayth and that not of oure selues for it is the gyfte of God coÌmeth not of workes vnlesse any man shoulde boast hymselfe yet are we his workemaÌshyp created in Christ Iesu to good workes which God hath prepared that we should walke in them But I wyl make an end vnlesse the preface of the worke maye seme to be longer then the worke it selfe Nowe for asmuch as in the begynnyng of a new yeare men vse customably to sende one to another gyftes tokens whereby they declare the beneuolens and good wyll that is betwene them I for my parte knowyng howe greatly I am bouÌd to your ryght worshypfull maystershyp couetynge by some meannes to declare agayne my good wyl obse quious herte to youre moost bounteous gentlenes do send vnto you this lytle treatyse at this tyme for a newe yeares gyfte moost humbly desyrynge youre ryght worshypfull maystershyp to accepte and take in good worth this my lytle gyfte although not worthy youre graunde munificence yet as a memosynon memoriall of my studious mynde towarde