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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01272	An other boke against Rastel named the subsedye or bulwark to his fyrst boke, made by Ihon Frithe preso[n]ner in the Tower	Frith, John, 1503-1533.; Frith, John, 1503-1533. Disputacion of purgatorye.	1537 (1537)	STC 11385; ESTC S105656	24,707	52

Psalmus .31 And therfore wyll he neuer thrust them in to purgatorye and for proue of this I allege as Rastell bereth me wytnes dyuers textes of Saynt Paull Ephesians 2. Roman 4. 5. 7. 8. but that notwithstondenge Rastell sayethe that I haue not recyted them sufficiently for I haue lefte out sumwhat whyche I haue rehersed for the openyng of the truethe and than brengyth in that Saynte Paull ▪ exhorteth and ●y●deth vs we shall vse no fornicacyon on clennes auarice fylth or folysh speaches for suche shall haue no inherytance in the kingdom of heauen and euen so saye I to but iudge good reader what is this to the purpose for it neyther maketh for purgatorye neither against it This texte I coulde haue alleged yf I had endeuered my selfe that we shulde do good workes which I neuer knew Chrysten man denye but els as touchynge my mater it is nothynge to the purpose and as wel he might haue improued me because I brenge in no texte to proue that the father of heuē is god or to proue that which neuer man doubted of Then he allegeth Paul Roma 5. 6. sayinge though grace do rayne thorow chryste shall we therfore dwel in synne nay god forbyde sayth Paule and euē so say I againe he allegeth Rom. 8. that there is no dampnacion to them which be in chryst Iesu if they lyue not after the fleshe and euen so saye I but Rastell wyll say the contrary anon Besydes that he allegethe Roman 3. we be frelye iustifyed by grace by Chrystes redempcion to shewe his iustice for the remission of synne done before and yet sayth Rastell Paull sayeth that the lawe is not destroyed by faythe but made stable but this hath Frith lefte oute of his booke to cause the people to beleue that they be clene purged by the bloude of Chryste only and that there neade no purgatorye By these wordes you maye euydentlye perceyue what Rastell meanethe by this allegynge of paul for the establyshynge of the lawe verelye that the worke of the lawe shulde iustifye and cleane purge you from synne whyche is contrarye to Paull and al scripture for euen in this same Chapytre that he allegeth Paull sayeth that of workes of the lawe noo flesshe shalbe iustyfyed in his syghte and sayeth that the ryghtwysnes of god cometh by fayth of Iesu Chryste vnto all and vppon all that beleue But as touchynge good workes I wyll touche more hereafter Furthermore Rastell sayeth that yf my argumētes could proue that there is no purgatory it muste folow as well that there is no hell for vs that be chrystē mē though we continue styll in synne for yf we be blessed without spot wryncle or blame that therfore he wyll not caste vs in to purgatorye then he wyll not caste vs in to hell what soeuer synne we do commytte Here Rastell vtterith his blyndnes vnto you and sheweth you what vnderstondinge he hathe in scripture fyrste he armeth hymselfe with a false supposicyon and yet there vppon he concludeth his argument falselye his supposicion is this that all men whiche are baptysed with materiall water are verye Chrysten men and haue the true faythe be those which paule affirmeth to be without spotte blame or wryncle But therto I say nay for euen as the outwarde circumcisyon made not the Iewes the electe people and chylderne of saluacyon so doth not the outwarde baptisme make vs the faythfull membres of Chryste but as they were the chyldren of god which were inwardly circūcysed euen so they that are wasshed inwardly from the cōcupiscens of this worlde are the mēbres of chryste whom Paul affyrmeth so to be purged thorowe his bloude Againe you may knowe that Rastell knoweth no nother fayth but that whiche maye stonde wyth all maner of syn̄e but the faith which we speake of is the same which worketh thorow charyte wherof Paull speaketh Galath 5. They that haue this faythe are borne of God and synne not these that haue this fayth do hope and loke dayly for deliueraunce out of this thraldome and bodye of synne And in the meane ceason they purefye thē selfe as he is pure For yf a mā wyll saye that he knoweth Chryste or beleueth in hym and kepeth not his commaundementes he is a lyar and we renoūce hym to be any of this membre that we speake of And when Rastell sayeth I wolde conclude there is no hell for them that be chrysten mē thoughe they contynue styll in synne I answere he that commytteth synne is of the deuell and I saye agayne that the Chrysten that we spoke of whiche are the chylderne of god can not continue styll in synne but seke all meanes to fulfyll godes commaūdementes Notwythstondinge the chrystē whiche Rastell speaketh of which are the chylderne of the deuel may do as they lyste and in dead they hadd nead to make a frende of Rastell to helpe them in to his purgatorye yf it be any better than hell for they shal neuer come in heauen excepte they repent and walke innocentlye in this worlde as chryst and his lettel flocke haue euer don̄e for they that walke otherwyse are non of his thoughe they were myteres This lyttel flocke it is that are so purged and not Rastels multitude and for this is there nother hell nor purgatorye ordeyned euen as for this hepe that continue styll in synne is ordeyned noo heauen And that there is no hell ordeyned for these faythfull followers of Chryste I wyl proue euen by this worde of Paul why ●he Ra●●ell rehersed before Roma 8. That there is no dampnacion to them that be in chryste Iesu●yf they leue not after the flesh Here Rastell hath smyte the ball quyte vnder the corde and hathe alleged that that shall cōdempne hym For yf there be no dāpnacion but because you are somwhat slow in perceyuing the matter I shal reduce it in to a sillogismus on this maner there is no dampnacion vnto them that be in chryst Iesu yf they ●yue not after the fleshe but after the sprete euery hell is dāpnaciō Ergo their is no hell to them that be in Chryste Iesu if they lyue not after the flesshe but after the sprete This is in the fyrste fygure made by celarent not by any profyte that I thynke that the poore cōmenes can take by such babelinge but only to satisfie your mynde and pleasure Notwithstondynge one thynge I must put you in remēbraūce that you haue falslye translated the texte for the text hath not that condicionall all thought I was cōtented to take it at your handes to se what you coulde ꝓue but the text saith thus thers is no dāpnacion to them that are in christe Jesu which walke after the fleshe but after the sprete where paul doth certifie you that they which are in christe Jesu walke not after the flesh but after the sprete so that you may gather by paull that if