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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08784	The safegarde from ship-wracke, or Heauens hauen compiled by I.P. priest	Pickford, John, 1588-1664?	1618 (1618)	STC 19073; ESTC S113775	226,989	398

lavves and Preceptes of Christ are not impossible THE CATHOLICKE DOCTRINE The law of God and commaundementes of Christ are not only not impossible to be fullfild but so possible vnto the willing and such as loue God as they are sweet vnto them and easie light not heauie SCRIPTVRE a Deut. 30.11.14 THis commaundement that I commaund the this day is not aboue thee c. But the word is very neere thee in thy mouth and in thy hart to doe it b Leuit. 18.6 Keepe my lawes and commaundementes which a man doing shall liue in them c 3. kinges 2.3 And obserue the watches of our lord thy God that thou walke in his wayes and keep his ceremonies and his precepts and iudgmentes and testimonies as it is wirten in the law of Moyses d Iosue 22.5 That thou keepe attentiuely and in work fullfill the commaundement and the law c. c ● kinges 14 8. Thou wast not as my seruant Dauid whoe kept my commaundementes and followed me in all his hart f Iob 23 11. My foot hath followed his stepp I haue kept his way and haue not declyned out of it g Psalm 118.32 Psal 17 25. I ran the wayes of thy commaundementes Read the vvhole Psalm and Psal 16.3 h Ezechiel 18.19 And you say why shall not the sonne carire the iniquitie of the Father to witt because hee hath wrought iudgment and iustice hath kept all my preceptes and done them he shall liue i Matt. 7.24 Euery one therfore that heareth these my wordes and doth them c. And k cap. 11. ●0 My yoke is sweete and burden is light And l cap. 19.17 if thou wilt enter into life keepe the commaundementes m Luc. 1.6 They were both iust before God walking in all the commaundementes of our lord with out blame n Iomes 1.22 But be d●e●s of the word and not hearers only deceauing your selues o 1. Iohn 2. ● an● In this wee know that wee haue knowne hime if wee obserue his commaundementes And p cap. 5.3 his commaundementes are not heauy FATHERS S. Basil anno 380. saith q orat in illud attende tibi It is a wiched thing to say the preceptes of the spirit are impossible S Cyrill saith r lib. 3. contra Iu●anum how that very precept thou shalt not couet wich is the most hardest of all may bee fullfulled by grace S. Chrysostome And 380. saith ſ Homil 8 de poenitentia thou maist not accuse our lord he doth not commaund impossible thinges many also doe ouer came his commaundementes Againe t Homil 19. in Mat●ltrū ad iinem Therfore let vs not feare the burden neither doe thou sly that yoke wherby Christ hath freed thee from all these but vnder take this yoke with all alacrity of mynde and then thou shalt easily know how sweet it is Neither dath it teare thy necke but is imposed for an ornamēt and that thou mayest learne to goe forward in order to the kinges way and to auoyde all head longe daungers on both sides and walke ioyfull easily through a straight way Againe v homil 19. in epist ad Hebraeos And thou saist how is this possible to loue his neighbour as himself if others haue not done it thou mayst well think it impossible but if they haue done it it is manifest wee doe it not through negligence also Christ doth not commaund any impossible thing in so much that many haue exceeded his precepts S. Hilary anno 350. handling that Thy commaundement is to great x Psalm 2● 118. The commaundement saith he of God is great and extended vnto all the kindes of our faith so that it is not hard if therbe a will to obey the precept of our lord S. Hierome anno 380. saith y lib 3. adu Pelag. God hath commaunded possible thinges there is no man doubtes of this Againe z in cōment ad cap 5 prope sinem Many saith he measuring the preceptes of God by their owne imbecillitie and weaknes doe thinke them impossible which are not commaunded therfore wee must needs vnderstand that Christ did not commaund impossible thinges but thinges perfect and which Dauid performed S. Augustin anno 400 saith a lib. de nat grat cap. 43. Therfor God doth not commaund impossible thinges but commaunding he doth admonish both to do what thou canst and to aske for what thou canst not Againe b cap. 16. It is certaine wee may keepe the commaundementes if we will but because the will is prepared by god wee must aske of him that wee may haue a will vnto soe much as doth suffice that by willing wee may doe it Againe c cap. 69. Therfore wee doe firmly beleeue our iust and good God not to be able to commaund impossible thinges hence wee are admonished both what to doe in easie thinges and what to aske in hard thinkes for all thinges are become easie to Charitie to whome only the burden of Christ is light Againe d lib de pecca●or meritis remissi● cap. 3. God would not commaund any thinge that shoud be impossible vnto mans will Againe I cannot doubt or thinke that God hath commaunded man any impossible thinge or that any thing is impossible to God to help or assist wherby that may be done which he hath commaunded Againe e lib. de grat lib. arbit cap. 16. The Pelagians thought that they knew a great mistere when they said God would not commaund what he knew impossible for man to doe whoe knowes not this And againe f in Psal 56. God would not commaund that wee should doe this if he did iudge it impossibile LVTHERS DOCTRINE Luther saith g lib. de libertate Christiana all the commaundements are as impossible vnto vs as that one is Thou shalt not couet or or desire Againe h in confutatione rationis Latomi There be so many testimonies of scripture which doe proue the commaundement of God to be impossible vnto vs as there is nothing more manifest Againe i In responsione ad dialog Syluestri Prieratis Thou doest most wickedly in that thou saist our Sauiour hath not commaunded impossible thinges yea thou doest more then wickedly in that thou dare call this falshood wee cannot fullfill the commaundementes of God in this life Philipp Melancthon saith k in commun suis ad cap 4 epist ad Romanos When the law commaundeth vs to loue God it imposeth as impossible thinges as if it did commaund vs to fly ouer the hill Caucasus CALVINS DOCTRINE Caluin saith l lib 2 instit cap. 7. ¶ 5. But because wee haue said that the obseruation or keeping of the lawe is impossible wee will in few wordes both explicate and confirme it for it seemeth to be an opinion commonly taken for most absurde in so much as Hierome doubteth not to curse it with excommunication But what