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A15299 Wycklyffes wycket whyche he made in Kyng Rycards daye the second in the yere of our lorde God M.CCCCCV. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.; Tracy, William, d. 1530. Testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.; Frith, John, 1503-1533. 1546 (1546) STC 25590; ESTC S121648 22,824 42

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sayth Rom. viii Yf god be on our syde what matter maketh it who be agaynst vs he is therto al good al mercifull at true al myghte wherfore sufficiēt to be beleued by his othe more ouer Chryst in whom the promes is made hath receyued all power in heuen and in earth Mat. the laste He hath also a perpetuall presthode therfore able perpetually to saue Heb. vii And that there is but one mediator Chryste is Paule i. ad Timothe ii And by that woorde vnderstande an attonemaker a peace maker bringer in to grace fauour hauyng ful power so to do And that Chryst is so is proued at the full It is wryttē Ihon. iii. The father loueth the sonne and hath gyuen all in to his hande And he that beleueth the sonne hathe euerlastynge lyfe he that beleueth not the sonne shall not se lyfe but the wrath of god byndethe vpō hym All thinges are gyuē me of my father Luke x And all whoso euer cal on the name of the Lorde shal be saued Act. ii Of his fulnes haue we all receiued Ihon. i. There is no nother mā in which we muste be saued Actes iiii And agayne vnto his name beare al the prophetes recorde that by his name shall all that beleue in him receaue remissiō Actes x In hym dwelleth al the fulnes of god bodely Coll. ii Al what so euer my father hath are myne Io. xvi what so euer ye axe in my name y t wyl I do for you Io xiiii One lord one faith one baptyme one god and father of all which is aboue all thorow al in you al Eph. iiii Ther is but one whose seruant I am to do his wyll But one y t shal paye me my wages there is but one to whom I am bonde ergo but one that hathe power ouer me to damne or saue me I wyll adde to this Paules argument Galat. iii. God sware vnto Abraam cccc yere before the lawe was geuen that we shulde be saued by Chryste Ergo the lawe geuen cccc yeres after canne not dysanull that couenaunte So dispute I Christ when he had suffered his passyon and was rysen agayne entred in to his glorye was sufficient for hys apostles without anye other meane or helpe ergo the holynes of no saynte sence hath dimynisshed ought of that his power But that he is as full sufficyent now for the promes is as deaply made in vs as them Moreouer the tresure of his mercye was layde vp in Chryst for all that shulde beleue yet the worlde was made ergo nothynge that hath happened sence hath chaūged the purpose of the in vnuariable god Moreouer to exclude the blynde imagination falsely called fayth of them that gyue them selues to vice with out resistence affirminge y t they haue no power to do otherwyse but that God hath so made them and therfore must saue them they not entendynge or purposyng to mende theyr lyuynge but synnynge with hole consent and ful lust he declareth what fayth he meaneth ii maner of wayes Fyrste by that he sayth who so euer beleueth is baptised shal be saued By whiche wordes he declareth euydently that he meaneth that fayth that is in y e promes made vpō the apoyntmēt betwene god and vs that we shulde kepe his lawe to the vttermost of our power y t is he that beleueth in Chryst for y e remissiō of synne is baptized to do the wyl of Chryst to kepe his law of loue to mortyfie the fleshe that mā shal be saued so is the imaginaciō of these swyne y t wyll not leaue wallowynge theym selues in euerye myre podell cleane excluded for God neuer made ꝓmes but apō an appoyntmēt or couenant vnder which who soeuer wyl not come can be no partaker of the ꝓmes True fayth in chryst gyueth power to loue y e law of god for it is writtē Ihā y e fyrst he gaue thē power to be y e sōnes of god in that they beleue in his name Now to be y e son of god is to loue ryghteousnes hate vnryghtwisnes so to be lyke thy father Hast thou then no power to loue y e lawe so hast y u no fayth in Chrystes bloude And Ro. iii. we set vp or maynteyne the lawe thorowe fayth why so for the preachynge of faythe ministrethe the spirite Galat iii. .ii. Cor. iii. the spirite lowseth the bandes of Sathā gyuethe power to loue the lawe and also to do it For sayth Paule Rom. viii yf the spirite of him that raysed vp Iesus dwell in you then wyl he that reared vp Iesus quicken your mortall bodyes by the meanes of his spirite dwelynge in you A well wylt thou say yf I must professe the lawe and woorke ergo fayth alone sauethe me not Be not deceyued with sophistrye but withdrawe thyne eares from wordes and cōsider y e thyng in thine hart Faith iustifieth the y t is brīgeth remissiō of all synnes setteth the in the state of grace before al workes getteth y e power to worke yer y u coudest worke but yf thou wylt not go backe agayne but continewe ī grace come to y e saluaciō glorious resurrectiō of christ y u must work ioyne works to thy fayth in wyll dede to yf thou haue tyme leasure as oft as thou fallest set the on thy saythe agayne wythoute healpe of workes And all thoughe when thou arte reconcyled and restored to grace workes be requyred yet is not that reconsylynge and grace the benefyte of the workes that folowe but cleane contrarye that forgeuenes of the synnes and restorynge to fauoure deserue the workes that folow Though whē the kyng after that sentence of deethe is geuen vpon a murtherar hath pardoned hym at the request of some of hys frendes woorkes be requyred of hym that he hence forthe kepe the kynges lawes yf he wyll continue in hys graces fauour in whyche he now standeth yet the benefite of hys lyfe procedeth not of the deseruinge of the workes that folow but of the kinges goodnes and fauour of hys frendes ye that benefite gyft of his lyfe deserue the workes that folow Though the father chastice the chylde yet is y e chylde no lesse bownd to obeye to do the wyl of the father yf when the father pardoneth it the workes that folow deserue the fauour thā must the worke that folowed the correction haue deserued fauour also And than was the father vnrigtwyse to chastice hit All what soeuer thou art able to do to please God wyth all is thy dutye to doo thoughe thou haddeste neuer synned yf it be the dutye how cā it than be the deseruyng of the mercy grace that wēt before Nowe that mercy was y e benefite of god thy father thorow y e deseruīg of the lord christ which hath bowght y e w t y e prise of his bloud And agayne when he sayethe
y t he purposeth to bestow his good to be accepted as frutes of faith it is euident that he meaneth that liuinge fayth whych professeth the law of god is the mother of all good workes ye nursse therto Another cauillation whych they myght make in the seconde parte where he admitteth no nother mediatour but Christ only nor wyl geue of his goodes to bynd any man to any fained obseruance for the healp of his soule whē he were hole in the kyngdome of Christ cleane delyuered both body and soule from the dominion of Satan as the scripture testifiethe all that dye in Christe to be is this they wyll say that he helde that none shuld pray for him saue Christ and that we be not bounde to pray one for another ner ought to desyre the prayers of another man that he excludeth in that he saith all other be but peticioners By which wordes he plainly cōfesseth that other may ought for to praye and that we maye and oughte to desyre other to pray for vs but meaneth that we may not put oure trust and confidence in theyr prayer as though they gaue of thē selues that whiche they desyre for vs in theyr peticions so geue thē the thākes and ascribe to their mercies that which is geuen vs in the name of our master Christ at the deseruinges of his bloud Christ is my lorde and hath deserued and also obtayned power to geue me al that can be desyred for me And all other desyre for me that is desyred in Christes name geuē at the merytes of hys bloude All the honoure than trust cōfydence and thankes perteyne to hym also Some wyll haplye saye howe shulde I desyre another to pray for me not trust to his praier ●e●●ly euen as I desire my neyghbur to helpe me at my nede and yet trust not to hym Christ hath commanded vs to loue eche other Nowe I wyl go to desyre helpe I put my trust in god and complayne to god fyrst and say Loo father I go to my brother to axe helpe in thy name prepare the harte of hym ageynst I come y t he may pitie me and helpe me for thy sake c. Now yf my brother remembre his dutye helpe me I receyue hit of god and gyue god the thankes which moued the herte of my brother and gaue my brother a corage to helpe me and wherwith to do it and so hath holp me by my brother And I loue my brother agane and say Loo father I went to my brother in thy name and he hath holpe me for thy sake wherfore O father be thou as mercyfull to hym at his nede as he hath bene to me for thy sake at my nede Lo nowe as my brother dyd his dutye whā he holpe me so do I my duety whan I praye for hym agayne and as I myght not haue put my trust and confydence in my brothers helpe so may he not in my prayers I am sure that god wyll helpe me by his promes but am not sure that my brother wyl helpe me though it be his dutye so am I sure that god wyll heare me whatsoeuer I axe in Christes name by his promes but am not suer that my brother wyl praye for me or that he hath a good hert to god No but the sayntes of heauen can not but pray be harde no more can the sayntes in erth but praye and be hearde neyther Moyses Samuell Dauid Noye Elyas Elizeus Esaias Daniell and all the Prophetes prayed were hearde yet was none of those wycked y t wolde nat put theyr trust in god accordyng to theyr doctryne preachynge partaker of theyr prayers in the ende And as damnable as it is for the pore to trust in the ryches of the ryches apon erth so damnable is it also to leaue y e couenaunt made in Christes bloude and to truste in the sayntes of heauen They that be in heauen Knowe the elect that truste in Christes bloude and professe the lawe of god and for thē onely praye these wycked Idolyters whiche haue no truste in the couenante of god ner serue god in the spirite ner in the gospell of Christes bloude but after their blynde Imaginacyon chosynge thē euery man a sundrye sainct to be theyr mediatour to trust to and to be saued by theyr merites do the saintes abhore and belye And theyr prayers and offerynges ar to y e saintes as acceptable and pleasant as was y e prayer and y e offerynge of Simon Magus to Peter Act. viii More ouer the saintes in theyr mooste combraunce are most conforted and most able to cōfort other as Paule testifieth .i Corin. In so moch y t S. Steuē S. Iames prayed for thē y t slewe them Saynt Martyne preached and cōforted his desperate bretherne euen vnto the laste breath and lykewyse as stories make mētion did innumerable mo ye and I haue knowen of symple vnlerned persones and that of some that were greate synners whiche at the houre of death haue fallen flat of the bloude of Christ and geuen no rowme to other menns ether prayers or preachinges but haue as stronglye trusted in Christes blode as euer did Peter or Paule and haue therto preached it to other and exhorted other so myghtelye that an angell of heuen coude not minde thē who then shulde resiste God that he myghte not geue the same grace to master Tracye whych was alerned man better sene in the workes of Saīcte Austen .xx. yere before he dyed thā euer I knew doctoure in England but that he must thā faīe and shrincke whē most neade is to be strong feare the popes purgatorye and trust to y e prayer of Pristes derely payd for I dare saye that he prayed for y e pristes when he dyed that god wolde conuert a great meny of them and if he had knowen of any good man among them y t had neded he wolde haue geuen and yf he had knowen of any lacke of Pristes he wold haue geuen to mayntayne moo But now sence there be moo then I nowe haue more thē euerye man a sufficient lyuyng how shuld he haue geuē thē but to here their praiers of pure mistrust in chrystes blod if robbing of wydous houses vnder pretence of longe prayers be dānable Matthe xxiii Then is it damnaple also for wydoowes to suffer theym selues to be robbed by the longe pattrynge of hypocrites thorow my truste in Christes bloude ye is it not damnable to mayntene such abhominaciō Nowe whan this dānacion is spred ouer al how cā we geue thē that haue ynoughe alredy or how can they y t haue ynoughe alredy take more vnder y e name of prayenge not hardē the people more in this damnable damnacion And cōcerning y e burienge of his bodye he allegeth S. Austen nether is ther any man thynke I so mad to affyrme y t y e outward pompe of y e body shuld helpe y e soule