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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08830	The benefite that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ crucifyed. Translated out of French into English, by A.G. 1573; Dal beneficio di Christo. English	Benedetto, da Mantova, fl. 1534-1541.; Flaminio, Marco Antonio, 1498-1550.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.; Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570, attributed name.	1573 (1573)	STC 19114; ESTC S120980	53,945	119

his Spowse How can I assuredly glorie that I am QuÃ©ene and Mistresse of his greate riches as a wyfe maye I can easly belÃ©eue that otherfolkes shall receyue this honour and glorie but I cannot perswade my selfe that I am one of thâ—se same to whome GOD hathe gyuen so greate grace For I knowe myne owne wretchednesse and imperfection My derâ—beloued brother I answer thee that thyne assurance coÌ„sisteth in trew and liuely fayth wherwith as Sainct Peter sayeth God clenzeth mens harts And this fayeth is grownded in the be leuing of the Gospell that is to saye in the beleuing of the gladde tydings which hathe bin published on GODS behalf throwgh the whole world which tydings conteyneth in effect that god hath vsed the rigorousenes of his iustis against Iesus Christ chastizing punishing all our sinnes in him And whosoeuer receiueth this good tydings belÃ©eues it stedfastly hath the true fayth and doth inioye the forgiuenes of his sinnes and is also reconciled vnto GOD and of the chylde of wrath is become the chyld of grace and recouering the image of God entereth into the kingdome of God and is made the temple of God who maryeth mans soule to his onely Sonne by the meane of this fayth which fayth is a worke of God and the gift of god as sainct Paule saieth oftentymes And God giueth it vnto those whom he calleth to him of purpose to iustifie them to glorifie theÌ„ to giue them euerlasting lyfe according as our Lorde Iesus Christ witnesseth saying This is the will of him that sent mÃ©e euen that euery one which sÃ©eth the sonne and beleueth in him should haue euerlasting lyfe and I wyll rayse him vp agein at the latter day And lyke as Moses lifted vp the Serpent in the Wildernesse so must the sonne of man be lifted vp to the ende that euery one which beleueth in him might not perish but haue lyfe euerlasting Also he sayeth to Martha He that beleueth in me shall liue although he wer dead and euery one that liueth beleueth in me shall not dye for euer And to a companie of the Iewes he sayeth I am come a lyght into the world to the ende that euery man which beleueth in me shold not abide in darknes And sainct Iohn in his Epistle saieth Herein appÃ©ered the loue of god towards vs for that god is loue and sent his only begotten sonne into this world that we might liue through him And hÃ©ere in is loue knowen not in that we loued God but in that he loued vs sent his sonne to make attonement for our sinnes And moreouer he sent him to destroy our enemies For the bringing wherof to passe he made him parttaker of our fleshe and of our blud as sayeth sainct Paule to the ende that by his death he myght destroy him that had the dominion of death that is to wit the diuel and set al such at libertie as were subiect to boÌ„dage al their lyfe long for feare of death Seing then that we haue records of the holy Scripture concerning the promises whereof we haue spoken heretofore and concerning many other promyses that are dispersed in diuers places of the same we cannot dout of it And forsomuch as the Scripture speaketh to all ingenerall none of vs oughte to distrust in himselfe that the selfsame thing which the Scripture sayeth should not belong perticularly to him selfe And to the ende that this point wherin lyeth and consisteth the whole misterie of our holie faith may be vnderstod the better Let vs put the cace that some good holie King cause proclamation to be made through his whole Realme by the sound of a Trumpet that all Rebels and banished men shall safely returne home to their howses bicause that at the sewt desert of some dere frÃ©end of theirs it hath pleased hym to pardon them certeinly none of those Rebels ought to dout of the obteyning of trew pardon of his rebellion but rather ought assuredly to returne home to his howse to lyue vnder the shadowe of that holie king And if he will not returne he shall beare the penaltie of it bicause that through his own vnbelefe he dyeth in exyll and in the displeasure of his prince But this good king is the Lorde of Heauen and Earth who for the obedience and desert of our good brother Iesus Christe hath pardoned vs all our siunes and as we haue sayd afore hathe made open proclamaction through the whole world that all of vs may safely returne into his kingdome Wherfore he that belÃ©eueth this proclamacioÌ„ dooth streytwayes return into Gods kingdome whereoutof we were driuen by the offence of our first parentes and is blissedly gouerned by gods holy Spirit And he that giueth no credit to the sayde proclamacion shall neuer inioy the sayd geuerall pardon but for his vnbelefes sake shall abyde in banishment vnder the tyrannie of the diuel and liue and dye in extreme miserie liuing and dying in the diâ—pleasure of the king of heauen and earthe and that iustly For we cannot commit a greater offence against this good God that to account him as a lyer and deceiuer which verely we doo in not giuing credit to his promises O how passing heauie is this deadly sinne of vnbelefe which so farre foorth as is possible berÃ©eueth God of his glorie and perfection besydes the greate harme that it doeth to a mans selfe which is his owne damnation and the endlesse tormeÌ„t of his soule which the miserable conscience fÃ©eleth euen in this lyfe But on the contrarie he that commeth vnto GOD with assurednesse of this fayth belÃ©euing him without anye mistruste or dowt of his promises and warranting himselfe for a certeyntie that God will performe al that euer he hath promised him giueth all the glorie vnto God and liueth coÌ„tinually in rest and endles ioy euermore praysing and thanking the Lorde God for choozing him to the glorie of the eternall lyfe And hereof they haue an assured earnestpeny and gage that is to wit the sonne of god whom they take for their most louing Brydegrome the blud of whom hath made theyr hartes so drunken that through this passing holie belefe there is in the christen hart ingendred so lyuely a hope and so certeine a trust of gods â—ercie towards vs and such an operation is wrought in vs as we rest our selues wholly vppon God leauing the whole care of vs vnto him in suche wyse that being throughly assured of Gods good wil we are not afraid nother of the diuel uor of his ministers nor of death Which holie and stedfast trust of Gods mercie inlargeth our hart chÃ©ereth it vp and with certeine marualouse swÃ©ete affections dyrecteth it vnto GOD filling it and setting it on Fyre with an exceding feruent loue And therefore Paule incourageth vs to goe with all boldnesse to the throne of grace he counselleth vs that wÃ©e should not shake it of nor make

owne works but through the merites of Iesus Christ let vs liue merily assured that the rightuousnes of Iesus Christe hath vtterly done away all our vnrightuosnes made vs good rightuouse and holie before God who beholding vs ingreffed into his sonne by fayth estÃ©emeth vs not now any more as the childreÌ„ of Adam but as his owne children and hath made vs heirs of al his riches with his own begotten sonne The fourth Chapter Â¶ Of the effectes of liuely faith and of the vnion of mans Soule with Iesus Christ. THis holie faith worketh after such a sort in vs y he which beleueth y Iesus Christ hath taken all his sins vppon him becoÌ„meth like vnto Christ ouercoÌ„meth sin the diuel death Hell. And the reason thereof is this namely that the church that is to wit euery faithfull Sowle is Christes wyfe Christ is hir husband For we know how the lawe of mariage is that of two they become one selfesame thing being two in one flesh and that the goods substance of either of them become comon to theÌ„ both by means wherof the husband saieth that the dowrie of his wyfe is his likewise the wyfe sayeth that hir husbands house all his riches are hirs and of a truth so they are for otherwise they should not be one flesh as the scripture saith After the same maner hath God maryed his onlibegotteÌ„ dÃ©erbeloued sonne to the faythful soule which hath not any other thing peculiar of hir own saue only sin yit the soÌ„ne of God hath not disdeyned to take hir for his welbeloued spowse togither with hir peculiar dowrie which is sin And now by reason of y vnion which is in this holie mariage looke what y on hath is also y others Iesus christ therefore saieth thus The dowrie of mans soule my dÃ©ere wife that is to wit hir sins and transgressings of the lawe Gods wrath ageinst hir the boldnes of the diuill ouer hir the prison of Hell and all other hir euils are become myne are in my power to do what I list with theÌ„ Wherfore it is at my choyse to deale with them at my pleasure and therfore I will put out the hand writing which is agaynst the soule â—y wyfe I will take it oute of the waye I wyll fasten it too my crosse in myne owne bodie and in the same wyll I spoile principalities and powers and make a shew of theÌ„ openlye triumphe ouer them and consume theÌ„ vtterly vnto nothing Now when GOD sawe his sonne who knewe no â—nne neither had any sin in him thus wyllingly taking on him the fowlenes of our iniquitie he made him to be sinne for vs euen the very sacrifice for our sinne did sharply punish our sinne in him putting him to death euen the death of the crosse Howbeit forasmuch as hÃ©e was his welbeloued obedient sonne hÃ©e would not leaue him in death nor suffer his holy one to sÃ©e corruption but raysed him vp from death to lyfe giuing him al power in heauen and earth and set him at his ryght haÌ„d in glory Now then the wyfe likewise with exceding great ioye doth saye the Realmes and Kingedomes of my most dÃ©ere husband and sauiour are mine by him I am an heire of heauen my husbands riches that is to wit his holines his innocencie his rightuousenes his godhead togither with al his vertue myght are mine and for me and therfore in him I am holie innocent ryghtuouse and godly ther is not any spot in mÃ©e I am well fauored fayre inasmuch as my lawful husband hath not any blemishe in him but is altogither goodly and fayre And sith that he is wholly myne and so consequently all that he hath is myne and all that he hath is pure and holie it foloweth that I also am pure and holie Therfore to begin at his most innoceÌ„t birthâ— he hath thereby sanctifyed the birthe of his spouse conceiued in sinne The godly chyldhod and youth of the brydegroome hath iustified the childish and youthful lyfe of his dÃ©erbeloued bryde For the loue and vnion that is betwixt the sowle of a trew christian and the bridegroome Iesus Christ maketh al the woorks of eyther of them to be comon to theÌ„ bothe By reason wherof when a man saith Iesus Christ hath fasted Iesus Christ hath prayed Iesus Christ was herd of the father raysed the dead draue diuells out of men healed the sicke dyed rose again and ascended into heauen Likewise a man may say that a Christen man hath done all the selfe-same woorkes forasmuch as the workes of Christ are the workes of the Christian bycause he hath doone them for hym Uerely a man may say y the Christian hath bin nayled too the crosse buried raysed again is gone vp into heauen become the child of God and made partaker of the Godhead On the other side all the workes y a Christian man doeth are Christes workes bycause it is his will to take them for his And forasmuch as they be vnperfect and he throughly perfect cannot away with any vnperfect thing he hath made them perfect with his vertues to the end that his wife should be alwaies ioyful well coÌ„tentid and not be afraid of any thing assuring hirself that although ther be yit stil some default in hir workes yitnotwithstanding they be acceptable to God in respect of his sonne vppoÌ„ whoÌ„ he hath his eyes alwais fastened O y vnmeasurable goodnes of god how greatly is the christiaÌ„ bound vnto god Ther is no loue of man be it neuer so great that may be compared with y loue that god beareth to the sowle of euery faythfull christian wherof Christ is y bridgrome Whervppon s. Paule sayeth that Iesus Christ hath so loued his wif the church which is builded of liuing stones that is of the soules of y beleuing christians that for to sanctifie hir â— he hath offered himself to the death of the crosse clenzing hir with the washing of water by his word to ioyne hir to himself a gloriouse church without spot or wrincle or other like thing but that she should be holie and vnblamable that is to wit like vnto him in holinesse innocencie and also be the trew and lawfull daughter of god who hath loued the world so well that as Iesus Christ himself saieth he hath giueÌ„ his onlibegotten sonne to the end that euerie one which beleueh in him should not perish but haue lyfe euerlasting For God sent not his sonne into the world to condemne the worlde but to the ende that the Worlde myght bÃ©e saued by him insomuch that he which belÃ©eueth in him shall not bÃ©e damned Some man might demaund after what maner the vnion of this holie Mariage is made and how the Sowle which is the Bryde and hir Bridegrome Iesus Chryste are knitte togither What assurance can I haue that my Sowle ys vnited vntoo Iesus Christe and become

without workes writeth thus Saint Paule sayeth that vnto him which beleueth in Iesus Christ that is to wit to the Gentile his fayth is imputed for rightuonsnes as it was vnto Abraham In what wise then thinke the Iewes to become rightuous by the woorkes of the Lawe and yit to be rightuous as Abraham was sÃ©eing that Abraham became not rightuouse by the dÃ©edes of the Lawe but onely by fayth Then is not the Lawe nÃ©edefull forasmuch as the sinner becommeth rightuouse before God through onely fayth according to gods graciouse purpose as Dauid sayeth The Apostle coufirmeth that which he hath sayde by the Prophetes example saying Blissed is the man whome God accepteth for rightuouse without workes wherby Dauid mÃ©eneth that those men are very happy whom GOD hath determined to accept for rightuouse before him by onely fayth without any paynes taking or obseruatioÌ„ of the Law on their behalfe Thus sheweth he the blissednesse of the time wherein Christe was borne in so much as the Lord himself saith Many rightuouse men and Prophetes haue coueted to sÃ©e the thinges that you sÃ©e and to heare the thinges that you heare and haue not heard them The selfesame thing sayeth Sainct Ambrose in expounding the first chapter of the first Epistle to the Corinthians affirming openly that whosoeuer belÃ©eueth in Iesus Christe is become rightuous without workes and without any desert receiueth forgiuenes of his sinnes by faith alone Also he affirmeth the same thing in an epistle which he writeth to Ireneus saying let no man boast of his owne workes for no maÌ„ becoÌ„meth rightuous by his own works but he y hath righteousnes hath it of frÃ©e giftâ— forsomuch as he is made rightuouse by Iesus Christ. Then is it fayth that deliuereth by Christes blud for happie is he whose sin is forgiuen and pardoned And S. Bernard in his thrÃ©escore and seuentÃ©enth Sermon vppon the Ballet of Ballets coÌ„firmeth y same saying that our own merites beare no sway at all in making vs rightuouse which thyng mâ—st be attributed wholly vnto grace which maketh vs rightuouse frÃ©ely and lykewyse dischargeth vs from the bondage of sin And he addeth that Iesus Christ marieth y soule and cupleth it vnto himselfe by fayth without that anie desert of our workes oughte or can come betwene But bicause I will not be to long I wil make an ende of mine allegations when I haue vttered one verie notable and good saying of Sainct Ambrosis in his booke intituled of Iacob concerning the blessid life The saide holie man saith y like as Iacob hauing not on his owne behalfe deserued the birth right shrowded himself vnder the apparel of his brother clothed himself with his garment which yelded a verie swÃ©ete sent and in that wise presented himself to his father to receiue y blissing vnder another mans person to his own behoof euen so is it requisite for vs to clothe our selues with the rightuousenesse of Iesus Christ by faith and to shrowd our selues vnder the diuine purenes of our eldest brother if we wil be receyued for rightuouse afore god And certeinly this is true For if we appÃ©ere before God vnclothed of the rightuousenes of Iesus Christ but of all dout we shal be iudged worthy of euerlasting damnation But contrariwise if God sÃ©e vs appareled with the rightuousenes of his sonne Christ then wil he surely take vs for rightuouse holie and worthy of eternall lyfe And verely it is a great rashnesse in such as pretend to attein to rightuousenes by the keping of gods commaundemeÌ„ts which are al comprehended in louing God with all our harte with all our soule and wyth al our strength our Neybour as our self But who is so arrogaÌ„t or so mad as to presume y he is able to performe those commaundements to the ful Or who sÃ©eth not that gods lawe requyreth perfect loue and condemneth all vnperfectnes Let euery man consider well his owne workes which partly shall sÃ©eme good vnto him and he shall fynd that they ought rather to be called transgressions of that most holie Lawe according also as they be altogither vnclean and vnperfect so that he must be fayne to vtter this saying of Dauids Enter not into iudgment with thy seruant O Lord for no man liuing shal be found ryghtuouse in thy sight And SalomoÌ„ sayth who is he that may say my hart is cleane And Iob cryeth out â—hat man is he that can be vndefyled and what man borne of woman can shew himselfe rightuouse Behold he found no stedfastnes among his saincts yea the heauens are not cleane in his syght How much more abhominable and filthy is man who drinketh iniquitie as it were water And sainct Iohn sayeth if we say we be without sinne we deceiue our selues And specially our sauiour Iesus Christ teacheth vs to say as often as we pray Forgiue vs all our trespasses as vve forgiue them that trespasse against vs â–ª And hereby may well be gathered the folie of those y make merchaÌ„dyse of their works presuming to saue by them not onely themselues but also their neibours as though our Lord Iesus Christ had not sayd vnto them When ye haue done all y euer is coÌ„maunded you say ye we be vnprofitable seruaÌ„ts we haue done but as we ought to doe Ye sÃ©e y although wÃ©e had performed gods law to y full yit neuertheles we shold esteme call our selues vnprofitable seruaÌ„ts Now then seing that men are so farre of from this full performaÌ„ce who is he that dareth be so bold as to glorifie himselfe that he hath added so great an ouerplus of deseruings aboue y ful measure as he may haue to deale abrode vnto others But to returne to our purpose I would that the proude sinner which beareth himself in hand that he maketh himself rightuouse before God by doing some works which are allowable to y world wold consider that al y works which procede out of an vncleane and soule hart are also vncleane filthie and coÌ„sequently cannot be acceptable vnto God nor haue any power to make the partie rightuouse Therfore we must first of all clenze y â— â—art if we mind that our works should please god The clenzing of the harte procedeth of faith as the holy gost affirmeth by the mouth of S. Peter Then must we not say that the vnrightuouse person and the sinner becommeth rightuouse good and acceptable vnto god by his owne workes but we muste of necessitie conclude that fayth clenzeth our hartes and maketh vs good ryghtuouse and acceptable before GOD and furthermore cawseth our workes to please hym notwithstaÌ„ding that they be altogither vnprofitable and vnperfit For inasmuch as we be become y childreÌ„ of god through faith he considereth our workes not as a seuere and rigorouse iudge but as a most merciful Father hauing pitie of our fraylenes regarding vs as y meÌ„bers of his eldest sonne whose perfection

own profite But he that knoweth himselfe to bÃ©e become ryghtuouse by the merites rightuousenesse of Christ which he maketh his owne by fayth laboreth happily and doeth good works alonly for the loue and glorie of Christ and not for loue of himselfe nor to make himselfe rightuouse And theruppon it commeth that y true christian that is to wit he that accounteth himself rightuouse by reason of Christes rightuousenesse asketh not whither good works be coÌ„maunded or not but being wholly moued prouoked with a certeine violence of Godly loue he offereth himselfe willingly to do all the workes that are holy and christianlyke and neuer ceaseth to do well He therefore which fÃ©eleth not the meruelous ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ by his fayth which we haue heretofore â—eclared that the inspired faith worketh in the hart of the christian Let him assure himself that he hath not the christian faith and let him pray earnestly vnto God to giue it hym saying Lord help myne vnbelÃ©ef And wheÌ„ he herereth it said y only faith maketh men rightuonse let him not deceiue himself say what nede I to wery my self in doing good works faith is inough to send me to Paradyse to such a one I answere y only fayth sendeth vs to Paradise but yit let him take good hede for y diuels do also beleue trâ—ble as saieth sainct Iames. O miserable man wilte thou go with them to Paradise By this false conclusion tâ—ou maiest know my brother in what an errour thou art for thou wÃ©enest to haue the fayth that maketh men rightuouse and thou haste it not Thou sayest thou art ryche and hast no nede of any thing and thou sÃ©est not how thou art pore wretched blynd and naked I counsell thÃ©e to bwy gold of GOD that is throughly fired with fyre that is to say trew faith set on fyre with good works to the intent thou mayest become riche and to clothe thy self with white rameÌ„t that is to wit with Christes innocencie to the end that the shame of thy nakednesse which is the greate filthinesse of thy sinnes be not sÃ©ene to the whole world Then is the iustifying fayth as it were a flame of fyre which cannot but cast forth brightnes And lyke as the flame burneth the wood without the help of the light and yit the flame cannot be with out the light so is it assuredly trew y fayth alone consumeth burneth away sinne with out the helpe of works and yit that the same fayth cannot be without good works Wherfore like as if we sÃ©e a flame of fyre that giueth no light we knowe biandby y it is but vayne and painted euen so when we sÃ©e not some light of good works in a man it is a tokeÌ„ y he hath not y true inspired fayth which god giueth to his chozen to iustifie and glorifie them withall And hold it for certeyne that Saincte Iames ment so when hÃ©e sayd shewe me thy fayth by thy works and I wil shewe thÃ©e my fayth by my workes For his mening was y he which is plundged in ambitionsenes and worldly pleasures beleueth not though he say he beleue forasmuch as he sheweth not in himself the effects of faith Also we may likeÌ„ this holy faith to the godhead which is in Iesus Christ who being very man but withoute sin dyd wonderfull thinges healing the sicke giuing sight to the blind walking vppon the water and raising vp the dead vnto lifte agein yit theis maruelouse workes were not the cause that hÃ©e was god For before he did anie of those things he was God and the lawfull and onlibegotten sonne of God and he neded not to work those miracles to make himself god bi them but forasmuch as he was god therfore he did theÌ„ And so the miracles that Christ wrought made him not to be god but shewed openly that he was god In likewise trewe faith is as it were a godhead in the sowle of a christian which doeth wonderouse works and is neuer weary of well doing and yit those works are not y cause y a christiaÌ„ is a christian y is to wit that he is rightuouse good holy and acceptable vnto God neither nÃ©edeth he to worke all those good workes to become such a one But forasmuch as he is a Christian by fayth like as Iesus Christ being a man was also God by his Godhead he doeth all those good workes which make not the christian to be rightuouse and good but shewe him to be good rightuouse holie So then like as Christes Godhead was y cause that he wrought miracls euen so faith working through loue is y cause of y good works that a chzisten maÌ„ doeth And like as a man may say of Iesus Christ y he hath done this miracle or that and that those miracles besides y they glorified God were also a great honor vnto Iesus Christ as he was maÌ„ who for his obedience euen vnto death was recompenced at gods hand in his resurrection and had gyuen vnto him all power but in heauen and earth which he had not afore as in respect of his manhod but deserued it by the vnion which is betwixt the word of God and the manhod of Christ So doth faith in a christian which faith by reason of the vnion that it hath with y soule attributeth y thing to the one which is proper to y other whervppon it commeth that y holy scripture promiseth the christian euerlasting life for hys good works bicause good works are y frutes and testimonies of liuely fayth procede of it as light procedeth from a flame of fyre according as I haue sayd heretofore And by this holy faith which imbraseth Iesus christ it commeth to passe that our sowle is ioyned with Christ and is so vnited and knit to him that whatsoeuer Christ hath merited deserued the same is imputed vnto the soule as though it had merited deserued it And therfore S. Austin sayth that God crowneth his owne giftes in vs. Of thys vnion of the soule with Iesus Christ Christ himself beareth good record wher he prayeth to his Father for his Apostles and for suche as should beleue in him by their preaching I pray not sayeth he for theÌ„ only but also for all those that shall beleue in me through their word to the end they may be al one thing that like as thou my Father arte in me I in thÃ©e so they also may be one in vs that the world may beleue that thou hast sent mÃ©e and that I haue giuen theÌ„ the glorie which thou haste giuen mÃ©e so as they should be one selfsame thing like as thou and I are one Wherby it appereth euidently that if we beleue y word of the Apostles who preached that Iesus Christ died for our sinnes and rose agein for our iustification we become all one thyng with him and forasmuch as he is all one with Goâ— we also become all one with

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