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A10577	An instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde vp on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our saluacyon, made by Urbanus Regius. Tra[n]slated into englyshe; Instruccyon of Christen fayth howe to be bolde up on the promyse of God and not to doubte of our salvacyon.	Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 20847; ESTC S104513	23,216	78

true children of god Ioh. 1. Gal. 3. Itē here is to be noted that good workes be these which a man beleuyng in Christ workyth in faith in hys lawfull vocation after the ordenāce and forme of the lawe of god Contrary euyll workes Euyll workes and sinnes be these which be donne with out fayth and with a fayned charite trustyng vpon them to porchase the fauore of god the forgyuenes of synnes and the kyngdome euerlastyng the which is cleane and directly contrary from oure christian fayth For our christian fayth doth groūd vs vpō a more substātiall stone which is Christ The foūdacion of our faith the trew forgyuer of synnes and oure only reconciler which hath obteyned for vs thys grace hath washed away our sines and hath deserued for vs euerlastyng saluation This fayth makyth oure consciences that they wauer not not doubt any thyng of the grace of god For the properte of thys fayth is to quiet oure conscience Rom. 5. what true faith is The trewe catholyke and lyuely fayth is thys whan a man fully persuadith him selfe and beleuith stedfastly and nothyng doubth that he hathe god pacified and a moste gentyll father to hym for Christes sake to whom in all hys necessite aduersite and in all his affayres as a childe to his father he wholy committeth and cōmendyth him selfe putteth al his trust in hym callyth on him sekyng no succoure consolation nor goodnes but only of him Act. 15. This fayth purefieth oure hartes This faith is always workyng through charite hath the holy goost whiche moueth vs and styryth vs vp to follow the exāple of Christ which hath left behīd steppes of al good workes and paciente in afflictions for vs to folow sayēg to vs. This is my commaundemēt that ye loue together as I haue loued you Ioh. 15. You be my fryndes yf ye wyl do these thynges that I haue gyuen and taught you Ioh. 14. Ioh. 15. He that louyth me wyll kepe my lessons I haue gyuen you exāple as I haue done to you so do ye to youre selfes by this you shal be knowen to be my deciples yf ye haue loue one to an other Agayne he that takyth not vp his crosse and folowyth me Luc. 19. he is not my disciple Where there is no repentāce nor any amendmēt of lyfe No good fayth no good workes Trewe faythe trew workes and study of good workes verely there is no trewe fayth Trewe fayth can not be with out good workes no more than a good tree wyth out fruyte or the sone with out hys heet this is vndoubted Therfore let euery man examine and serche hym self well leste he deceiue hym selfe Many men there be whiche saye they beleue whan they haue no beleue as it may apere by their vyciouse wycked lyfe For this is certaīe where so euer trew faith is ther is also the feare of god there is repentance there a trew and a christen mannes lyfe folowyth there the old synful man is put of and a newe put on Eph. 4. For by cause this is the vertu and the operatiō of our holy baptisme that fayth doth clene renue and transforme a christean in to a new mā whych walketh not after fleshe but after the spirit Rom. viii Rom. 8. Then where the grace of god workyth in vs good fruyte and we begyne to followe the cōmandementes of god our old man is not all mortefied streyght waye but wyld and wanton with her lustes doth stryue agaynste vs all oure lyfe long and neuer ceasyth prouokynge vs to syne and euer rebellyth agaynste oure spirite lettyng hynderynge vs in all onest vertuys wherby we be not able to lyue so vpryght after goddys cōmandemētes as we wold Wherfore whan oure synfull conscience or the feare of death doth come vpō vs we cā not trust to our workes nor fynd any comforte therin but yf we wyll be saued we muste nedes cry with the holy kynge Dauid Enter not lord in to iugemēt with thy seruant for in thy syght no lyuyng flesh shall be iustefied Our good workes thoug they be neuer so holy and excellent yet the value of them is not such nether aught we to doo them for any suche purpose nether dothe god require them to be done of vs for that intent that we shuld be iustefied and saued by them For no man can truste any thyng to hys workes nether be they able to delyuer vs from oure death Our iustificacion only belōgeth to Iesu Christ that thyng only the workes of Iesus Christe is able to do and nothyng els Thys glory and honor is only dewe to him and to no man els to be a Iesus Iesus a sauiour that is by interpretation a sauior For he ōly taketh away our synnes iustifieth and sauyth vs by hys workes and pascion This is hys office his worke and dewte only for the whyche he was sent hyther of his heauenly father and ours to doo Therfore yf the holy workes and commandementes of god can bryng no peace of cōscience than what shall a miserable synner do in the distresse of his temtation whether shall he goo whether shall he turne hym selfe where shall he fynd help and succoure and comfort so than yf we wyll loke for any saluation we must firmely beleue and persuade our consciences that oure synnes be pardoned vs and clene taken away But now howe shall we be so certefied in our myndes I answere in suche temtations a man must nedes set apart the lawe and all hys good dedes that euer he hath done al hys strength al his pouer and merites and let them all goo in this poynt For here nothyng can succoure vs but only the workes and passion of Iesus Christ And therfore we must appele from the lawe Appele frō the lawe to the son streyght to the ryche mercyfull promyse of oure father in his sone Christ as vnto a suer succour and a sanctuary of eternall securitie and peace and holde it fast in a fyrme and a sure fayth And thus shall we fynde cōforte and quietnes ynoughe and more than we can desyre than nether synne nor death nor hell shal not be able to hurte vs. What the promyse of god is The promyse of God is this Almyghtie God hathe promysed vs damnable synners in his onely begoten sone Iesus Christ with out any maner of excepcion or condicion of our owne merites clerely of his owne free grace and goodnes Hie. 31. full remission of all our synnes his holy spirite and euerlastynge lyfe Heb. 8. and that he wyll euer more be oure father and that he wyll voutchsafe to receyue vs to his children and gyue vs perpetuall saluacion These be trewe fyrme eternal Heb. 9. vnfallible suer and stedfast God whiche is almyghtie 2. L … and whiche can not lye hathe so promysed to vs and hathe sworne depely by hīselfe that he wyll performe thē This is the