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A02928	The vvay of lyfe A Christian, and catholique institution comprehending principal poincts of Christian religion, which are necessary to bee knowne of all men, to the atteyning of saluation. First delyuered, in the Danish language for the instruction of those people, by Doctor Nicolas Hemmingius, preacher of the Gospell, and professor of diuinitie, for the Kynge of Denmarcke, in his Uniuersitie of Hafnia: and about three yeares past, (for the commoditie of others) translated into Latine, by Andrew Seurinus Velleius: and now first, and newly Englished, for the commodity of English readers: by N. Denham, this yeare of our redemption. 1578.; Via vitae. English	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Denham, Nicholas.	1578 (1578)	STC 13067; ESTC S103963	117,088	234

in this Mounteyne and yee saye that at Ierusalem is the place where menne ought to woorship From this opinion Christe calleth backe the Woman and propoundeth vnto her the true manner of woorshippinge namely That shee must worship the Father in Spirit and in the truth When hee sayth IN THE SPIRITE hee maketh a difference beetweene that prayer which proceedeth onely from the mouth and that which proceedeth from the Spirite which Spirite worketh fayth in the heart of man whervpon dependeth and from which proceedeth true adoration When hee sayth IN THE TRVETH he interpreteth two old figures the former of the mountayne in which Iacob prayed the latter of the place which was at Ierusalem and was called THE PROPITIATORIE For that Mountayne of Iacob did put vs in minde that when wee praye wee should not respecte anye dignity of places in the worlde but that from all the lowe valleyes of this world wee should lifte vp our heartes vnto the Hilles that is to say vnto Heauen And Christe willeth the same thinge when hee commaundeth those that praye to say Our Father which art IN HEAVEN The latter figure Christe expoundeth when hee sayth They shall woorship the Father IN THE TRVETH This Trueth is set against this place at Ierusalem which was called THE PROPITIATORIE For this place was a figure of the true propitiatorie Iesus Christe our onely Mediatoure without whom there is no entraunce open for anye to enter into the Holy of Holyes that is to say into Saluation and lyfe euerlasting By this reason is also excluded from Christian prayer all hypocrisie and therewithall is necessarily required true and feruent Zeale of minde in the time of prayer so that there must bee a consonancie and agreement of the heart and mouth that the one say or speake not otherwise thā the other thinketh Thus it is shewed that THE FEARE OF GOD is the beste keeper of fayth and of a good Conscience in vs as beeing that thinge which studiously auoydeth Sinne obeyeth the Commaundementes of God dilygently bewareth the deceiptes of the flesh the worlde and the Deuill and beefore all thinges seeketh in these manifolde daungers of the worlde helpe at the handes of GOD by earnest and Christian prayer and by this meanes perseuereth constaunt vnto the ende that is to say endureth so longe vntill GOD calleth vs from this vale of misery and receyueth into Heauen to himself the soules of the godly which depart from hence in the inuocation of Christe their bodyes in the meane season restinge in the duste of the earth subiect to corruption in testimonye of the iuste Iudgemente of God which shall rayse vp agayne our bodyes in the last day and beeinge agayne restored to their soules shall quicken them that we his Children may enioy eternall lyfe and beeinge finally taken awaye from all chaunges and daungers of this world may remaine in perpetual ioyes with the Lord and our only Sauiour IESV CHRIST to whom with the Father and the holy ghost bee prayse honour and glory for euer and euer Amen These thinges I purposed to write of the principal poinctes of our religion for their sakes which do vnderstand our common Language Which I also will to remayne in place of the Confession of my fayth and doctrine which I haue taught and professed in this Schoole of Hafnia about the space of 30. yeares I beeseeche the Christian Readers that of this and other my writinges they would iudge not by the quarellings of vnlearned prowd spirites but by the woord of GOD. GOD bee mercifull vnto his Church and with clemency turne away the dissentions and corruptions of the pure Doctrine and assist vs all with his holy spirite by whose assistaunce wee may in such sort daily increase in the knowledge of the true God in fayth and newnesse of lyfe that in the last day wee may bee founde in the number of the elect children of God through IESVS CHRISTE our Lorde Amen A small forme of Daily Prayer to bee daily vsed A Thankesgeuing for all God his giftes and Benefites in generall O Eternall God and mercifull Father I giue thee thankes by thy welbeloued Sonne our only Mediatour Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ for all thy giftes and benefites aswel Corporall as Spirituall temporall and eternall which are moe and farre greater than that they may bée either in minde cōceiued or with woords expressed For the preseruation of the Church or Congregation of Christe I I béeséeche thée most mercifull God and heauenly Father by the name of thine onely begotten sonne to defend thy Church and Congregation in all partes of the worlde and conserue the purity of thy woorde that the kingedome of thy Sonne may bee increased throughout all the worlde and that many may declare thy goodnesse and mercy for euer For the Realme Prince Counsayllours and euery estate of lyfe O Almighty God and heauenly Father geue vnto this Land safe and peaceable gouernaunce vnder thy protection gouerne with thy holy spirte our most mercifull Soueraigne the Counsayllours of the Realme and euery one in his estate of lyfe that wée may leade a quiet lyfe in all godlynesse and honesty to thy glory For the forgiuenesse of sinnes and obteyninge of grace WIpe out O Father of mercies all mine iniquities through and for thy Sonne his sake crucified and raysed vp agayne for vs ▪ with the righteousnesse of thine onely begotten Sonne make mée righteous cleanse my hearte with thy holy Spirite teache mée thy waies and lead mée in thy trueth make clean my minde that all wicked cogitations corrupt affections and vnhappy counsayles carelesse stubbernes and to conclude all wicked factes may departe farre from the same illuminate the same with the light of thy grace that it may couet will desire and doo those thinges only which are pleasaunt vnto thée and holesome and proffitable for the Church of Christ For the ayde of God in the needefull businesses of our vocation GIue mée vnderstanding O Lorde and assiste mine indeuoures that I may faithfully and diligently perfourme the woorkes of my vocation to the glory of thy name the edification of thy Church and the commodity of my neyghbour For the grace of God to lyue well and dye well GRaunt mercifully O Lord that by thy assistance I may perseuere in holding fast a liuely fayth and a good conscience vnto the last breath of this lyfe that when my hower shal come I may quietly sléepe in the Inuocation of my Lord Iesu Christe and that I may obteyne eternall life through him in the which life I may with all the electe for euer honour and glorifie thée To thée alone bee honour prayse and glory with thy Sonne which lyueth with thee in the vnity of the holy Ghost one God world without ende Amen FINIS Rom. 1. Ihon. 3. Heb. 11. Rom. 14. Ioh. Iohn 17 verse 3 Psal 84. 1 Cor. 13. Psal 5. Psal 18. 1 Tim. 1. What this grace is Roma 5. What this glory is and

The Way of lyfe A Christian and Catholique Institution comprehending principal poincts of Christian Religion which are necessary to bee knowne of all men to the atteyning of Saluation First delyuered in the Danish language for the instruction of those people by Doctor Nicolas Hemmingius Preacher of the Gospell and Professor of Diuinitie for the Kynge of Denmarcke in his Vniuersitie of Hafnia And about three yeares past for the commoditie of others translated into Latine by Andrew Seuerinus Velleius And now first and newly Englished for the commodity of English Readers By N. Denham this yeare of our Redemption 1578. Imprinted at London by Richard Jones and are to bee sould ouer agaynst S. Sepulchers Churche To the Right woorshipful Maister Henry Sadleyre Esquyer Sonne of the right Honorable Sir Raphe Sadleyre Knight one of her Maiesties most honorable priuie Counsayle and Chauncellour of her Duchy of Lancastre And also to Mistrisse Dorothy wife of the said Henry Nicolas Denham wisheth the fauour of God with the increase of the knowledge of assured saluation in IESV CHRIST AMongest those seuen speciall Sages of the Gréeks there was one which béeinge desirous to leaue to a certayne follower of his sect some speciall token woorthy of remembraunce commended vnto him as the speciallest thing y t hée could deuise this Symbole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Follow thou God Wherby it is to bée perceiued that euen the very heathens indowed onely with the lighte and wisdome of nature and not able to pearce farther than their reasoninges and argumentes taken of the visible creatures which they saw and perceyued with their senses would stretch did not only conclude that there was a God which was the woorkemayster and disposer of all those thinges and that hée was immortall but also that hee was to bee feared and honoured and the sight and presence of him to bée desired For whilest that they considered the globe and compasse of the Firmament and the earth with all the noble and variable furniture therof as the Sunne the Moone the Starres and vnder them the varietie of the other creatures in their kindes and lastly the excellencie of the woorkemanshippe of the frame of the body of man they were induced to gather therof this conclusion that the woorkemayster of these thinges was not onely much more beautifull and excellent but that hee was also to bee honoured and to bee wished for by presence to bee inioyed Hereof spronge vp many contentions and sundry deuises amonge them concerninge the way as well how to woorship him here vpon the earth as also to seeke some shorte and ready meane to come to the sight and beeholding of him But notwithstandinge in asmuch as they wanted the direction of him which is the leader into all trueth they tyred themselues in their owne fonde immaginations and not onely in steade of the true woorshippinge of him frequented Idolatries most horrible and execrable but also to come as they supposed to the sight of him attempted meanes moste pernitious and dampnable In so much that diuerse of them willinge to hye themselues apace to bee in presence with that immortality could finde no better or readier way then speedily to murder and kill themselues Which dooinges of theirs notwithstandinge they were heynous and wicked and missed of the ende and purpose for which they were doone for this is certaine that Hee which beeleeueth not in the Sonne of God the anger of God doth abyde vpon him And agayne the Apostle sayth It is impossible without fayth to please God yet it is apparaunte thereby what earnestnesse was amongest thē both to séeke according to their owne blinde iudgementes what this God should bee and also which should bee the waye not onely to walke but rather to make haste and speede vnto him Which if they that do professe the name of Christ would consider and but compare themselues in these circumstaunces with these men beeinge but Heathens and voyde both of the true knowledge of God the creatour and also of him which is the onely way and would but sumwhat considerately conferre together the blynde diligence of the one with as it may bee very well termed the diuelish and secure necligence of the other their forwardnesse in seekinge after that which by all their toylinge and tyringe of themselues they could not truely finde out with our backwardnesse in not keping and imbracing that which without our laboures is fréely geuen vs and sayed before our eyes their feruency in desiringe to finde and runne the way to that which they wished for with our coldenesse in walkinge the right way which is playnely drawne foorth and delineated béefore vs to bee shorte their perswasions of themselues by this visible Sunne with our dulnesse who by that true and bright shining Sunne which is the brightnesse and wisdome of the Father will not bee instructed nor mooued If I saye they would with some earnestnes consider these things it were not to bee doubted but as they doo detest and abhorre the name and conuersation of the Heathen so they would loathe in such matters as séeme to bée the weightiest of all others to bee eyther by others accoumpted or in their owne consciences to bee condempned for inferiours vnto them But to leaue all other partes of comparison and onely to speake of one poyncts which concerneth our present purpose it was taught amongst them and practised by such as were of the best and most reasonablest amongest them as a moste necessary and principall doctrine that they shoulde not alwayes heere continue But passe from hence and that there was an immortalitie of the Soule which beeinge seperated by death from the body should eyther for the well and vertuous walkeinge heere accordinge to their accompting of a vertuous lyfe bee gathered into a certayne place of pleasure with the Goddes or els for not followinge the morall preceptes in following vertues and eschewing vices should not inioy the sight of the Goddes but should by them bee punished This was the Summe of as I may terme it their naturall and blinde religion Thus much euen nature her selfe in that her corruption had taught them And therefore the better to stirre vp their hearers to walke vertuously and with the more desire in that path which they supposed to bee the right waye they vttered and commended vnto them and their posterity many pithy and sauoury sentences as Philosophia continu● mortis meditatio that is the loue or studie of wisdome is the continuall meditation of Death And Ad Ens Entiū semper contendendum that is Wee must euer bee walkeinge towarde the cheefe beeing of beeinges whereby is ment God himself with infinite such others to tedious here to be recyted as in their bookes dayly handled are plentifully to bee seene But wee which do beare the name of Christians which liue at these dayes in which by the great mercy of God such infinite treasures of Heauenly wisdome and knowledge of Christian

good thing and commoditie of the children of God or of the Church is That God himselfe is in her as a moste lightsome Sun For euen as from this visible Sunne there commeth vnto the worlde Light Heate and Shining beames wherby al things are quickened and cherished so frō God which is the Sun inuisible there cometh vnto the Church Light that is to say cleere knowledge of GOD there commeth Heate that is affections burning with Faith Hope and Loue and shining beames which are the manifolde consolations whereby the faithfull soule is releeued cherished and comforted This Sunne as it riseth to such as feare God so it setteth to the negligent the wicked lyuer and the carelesse It is therfore with great diligence to be taken heede of that the godlie through a certaine sluggishnes of their owne in hearing or reading the word of God wherin this Sunne brightly shineth doe not suffer this Sunne to be either darkened or hidden from them For as this visible Sunne if it shall seeme to a sicke body in his dreame to be hid or darkened there is daunger as Hippocrates affirmeth of moste certaine death to the sicke body to be at hand so if our Sunne Christe be darkened vnto vs his doctrine beeing either abolished or obscured not onely darcknes hangeth ouer vs but also the death of the soule and moste assured eternall condemnation Furthermore we may heereby perceiue the misery of them as many as are destitute of this Sunne the worde of GOD. For they beeing blinde doe bothe grope in the darknesse of ignorance and beeing ignoraunt of God are stricken with dreadfull amasednesse of minde when sinne sheweth foorth it selfe in their consciences And albeit that Conscience seemeth in many to be as it were with an hot yron feared as though it were voyd of all feeling of sinne yet notwithstanding it will at sometime be wakened vp at the least in the extreame agonie of death and will driue the miserable soule into desperation than the whiche thing nothing may happen vnto manne either more heauy or more bytter as hauing leather that hee had neuer beene created and brought vnto light The second good thing or commoditie of them which knowe the Essence and will of GOD and yeelde themselues obedient to the same is that God is a defence or sheeld vnto them wherwith they are compassed defended and sheelded against the kingdome of darcknesse Of this sheeld speaketh Dauid in Psal 5. when he saith All they which hope in thee shall reioyce they shall euer be giuing thanks and thou shalt dwell in them all they which loue thy name shall reioyce in thee For thou Lord shalt blesse the righteous and with thy fauourable kindenesse shalt thou compasse vs as with a sheelde Item Psal 18. And thou haste giuen me the defence or sheelde of thy saluation and thy right hand doth vpholde me In this manner it is the good pleasure of God that he wil not only with the crowne of his fauourable kindenesse compasse his about but also will haue them to bee happie with perpetuall blessednesse Paule when he writeth to the Ephesians thus Take vnto you the sheeld of Faith wherewith ye may quench all the fiery dartes of the wicked Signifying that we are thē compassed about with the sheeld of faith when we fight a good fight holdeing a stedfast beleefe of the doctrine with a sure confidence of mercy a good conscience This sheelde forasmuch as the enemies of God doe want what I pray ye can be more miserable then they For in asmuch as they be naked and vnarmed they are not able to resist the diuel the prince of darkenes but he obteineth ful dominion in them throweth them headlong out of one wickednes into an other vntill he haue brought them to vtter destruction The third good thing or commoditie which the godly haue by the healthfull knowledge and feare of the true God is called of Dauid Grace This Grace is the fauour of God forgiuing sinne to the beleeuers for the death of his sonne and garnishing them with a most pure garment which is The obedience or righteousnesse of Christe VVhereby they are in such wise reputed righteous in the sight of God as if they them selues had fulfilled the lawe But they which are out of the congregation are voide of this grace of saluation and doe remaine vnder sinne the wrath of God and eternall damnation for their iniquitie The fourth commoditie which they that know and feare God doe inioy is called of Dauid Glory This Glory is The adoption of the adopted sonnes of GOD The inhabiting of the holy ghoste and the hereditary Possession of eternall blessednesse by Iesus Christe But contrarywise they whiche doe not knowe God are the bondslaues and dwelling places of the diuell are mooued by his spirit and to eternall ignominie are they reserued The fifth good thing or commoditie which God by the Psalmist promiseth vnto the godly is cōteined in these wordes He will withholde no good thing from them which walke in innocencie O how great is this promise It is all one as if he should say They which walke in innocencie that is to say they which by faith doe yeelde obedience vnto God shall be abundantly indewed with all good thinges so that they may perpetually inioy them and shall neuer stand in feare of any euill to come vnto them And albeit that all the Children of God shal in this world suffer persecution yet notwithstanding they are certaine of the good things promised which heere they obtaine by hope and in the life to come shall without all impediment for euer possesse But contrarywise they which haue neither learned to knowe God by his worde neither yet to feare him according to his will vnto them ignominies sorowes and calamities shall neuer be wanting but vnto the Diuell whome they haue serued they shall be thrall and subiect for euer Heereby now euery one may easely vnderstand that to be moste true which I propounded in the beginning namely That of all things which are in the world there is nothing either more better or more precious neither yet more profitable than rightly to know the ESSENCE and WIL of God and that this knowledge is drawne forth of the word of God in the which word he hath opened bothe him self and his wil. But least any man should suffer himselfe to be seduced by the deuill his members it is to bee knowne that the worde of GOD is not any other where to be sought than in the writinges of Moses the Prophetes the Euangelistes and Apostles whiche are beautified with the testimonie of the omnipotent God which is the eternall veritie and can not lye as Paule speaketh But some may obiect or at the least thinke with himselfe in his heart as many doe although they expresse it not by their mouth after this manner If wee were certaine that that worde were in very deede the worde of

that in the twinckling of an eye he must of necessitie be GOD. Sixtly and lastly it requireth that the Mediatour doe giue to those whiche are raysed vp which in the true faith haue departed this life eternall life perpetuall glorie and conformitie with GOD. But who can bring this to passe but onely GOD Wee haue therefore aboundantly shewed That our Sauiour and Mediatour is GOD And why it was needefull that hee should be very GOD. Of the third point or Chapter IN THE THIRD PLACE wee haue proponed of Christe that hee is VERY MAN And why it was needefull that the Mediatour should bee man The whole vniuersall Churche as it beleeueth Christe to be borne very man So that he also at this day is and for euer shall remaine very man it doth godlyly confesse Genes 3. The seede of the woman which shall breake the head of the Serpent is promised By the name of THE SEEDE OF THE VVOMAN without all doubt the nature of man which our Mediatour at the time appointed by the father should take vnto him is signifyed GOD promised to Abraham that in his seede all nations should be blessed Hee promised also to Dauid that his sonne should sit vpon his seate and reigne for euer Esaie 7. Beholde a virgin shall conceiue and bring foorth a Sonne and thou shalt call his name EMANVEL that is to say which shalbe GOD and MAN With these Prophecies agreeth the whole History Euangelicall The Angel beeing sent to the virgin Marie saith Beholde thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and shalt bring foorth a Sonne and thou shalt call his name IESVS he shalbe great and shalbe called the Sonne of the hyest VVhiche thing when she had heard she meruayled and saide How can this thing bee forasmuch as I knowe not man And the Angell aunswered vnto her The holy Ghoste shall come vppon thee and the power of the moste hyest shall ouershadowe thee that is to say Thou shalt conceiue and bring foorth not by the seede of man or after the common lawe of nature but by the power and wise counsaile of GOD. And so the Angell concludeth his oration with this sentence worthy to be remembred with GOD nothing shall bee impossible The eight day after his natiuitie hee was Circumcised according to the lawe after the manner obserued in other Infantes of the Iewes He was brought vp by Ioseph and Mary hee greewe in wisedome and in fauour with GOD men was he found altogether a naturall man hauing body and soule and all condition and properties of humane nature sin onely excepted This is the summe of the Christian fayth touching the manhood of Iesu Christe as wee confesse in the articles of the Symbole when we say I beleeue in IESVS CHRISTE our Lorde which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary But why was it needfull that the Mediatour should be VERY MAN Foure causes may be rehearsed out of the holy Scriptures why it was needefull that the Messias should bee man 1. The Iustice of GOD. 2. The restoring of the Image of GOD in man agayne which through Sinne was lost 3. The manner of Adoption 4. The assurance of our Resurrection frō death First THE IVSTICE OF GOD required that the disobedience in our flesh committed should bee amended in the same For it was agreeable to the order of the Iustice of GOD that in asmuch as mankinde in one Adam had firste offended so some body in mankinde fre from sinne should sustaine the paiues whiche should bee the price for the rest Our Lorde therefore tooke mans nature vnto him was made man shewing forth as it were the person of Adam himselfe whose name is also attributed vnto him y t he might thorowly satisfie the punishment of sinne in the flesh beeing in flesh committed Therefore Paule Rom 5. saith If by the sinne of one death reigned by the meanes of one namely Adam much more they which receiue abundance of Grace and of the gifte of Righteousnesse shall reigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe Item As by the disobedience of one Adam many All men became sinners So by the obedience of one of Christe many are made righteous Item 1. Corin. 15. For by a man Adam came death And by a man Iesus Christe came the resurrection from Death Hebr. 2. Forasmuch as the Children are partakers of flesh and blood he himselfe also in like case tooke parte with them that through death he might abolish him which had the rule of death that is to say the Deuill Heerevnto also appertaineth that saying of Irenaeus It behoued him whiche should begin to slea sinne and to redeeme man which was guiltie of death to be made the selfe same thing that is to say Man And Augustine saith flesh had blinded thee flesh doth heale thee because Christe came in such wise that by fleshe he might quench the corruptions of the flesh The second cause is THE RESTORING OF THE IMAGE OF GOD according vnto which man was created This thing could by no meanes bee doone but by the naturall Image of GOD that is the euerlasting and onely begotten sonne of GOD which therfore tooke mans nature vnto him that he might againe restore the Image of God in all those which through a liuely faith are into his body ingraffed Whereof Athanisius saieth It was conuenient that the Sonne should take man his nature vnto him that this person whiche is the substantiall Image of the Father might restore againe the Image of GOD in vs. The thirde cause was that the reason of our ADOPTION did require the same For the Sonne of God did therefore take the nature of man vnto him that hee might make vs the Sonnes of God He would therfore by the societie of nature bee ioyned vnto vs and become our brother that we beeing become his members might be made the sonnes of God For we are therefore called and are the Children of God because wee are by faith in CHRIST whiche is the naturall sonne of God For in him alone wee are beloued and Sonnes Iohn 1. To as many as beleeued on his name hee gaue power to be made the Sonnes of GOD. Gal. 4. VVhen the fulnesse of time was come GOD sent his Sonne made of a woman made bond vnto the lawe that he might redeeme those which were vnder the lawe that we might receiue the Adoption of Sonnes Because ye are the Sonnes of GOD therefore GOD hath sent the Spirit of his Sonne into our hearts crying Abba Father In this sentence also speaketh Irenaeus VVe could not be saith he partakers of the Adoption of his Sonnes vnlesse we had receiued the same by his Sonne that is to say vnlesse his Sonne had beene made man The fourth cause THE ASSVRANCE force and efficacie of OVR RESVRRECTION consisteth in this that our Mediatour is man For the only hope and assurance which we haue of the Resurrection of our bodyes is that Christ

That these things may somewhat more easily be vnderstanded I will ioyne heerevnto a similitude whiche the Catholique deuines in the olde Church haue vsed MAN consisteth of two substaunces of a soule and of a body and doth many things by the power of the Soule as to vnderstand to reason to number c. and againe doth many thinges by the strength of the bodye as to builde to write to walke and suche other like deedes either well or euill All these things whiche in this manner hee doeth either by the power of the soule by it selfe or by the strength of the body by it selfe or by the woorke of bothe together are attributed to the person of the man Euen in like manner Christe doth certaine woorkes according to his humane nature and certaine according to his diuine nature al which notwithstāding are attributed to whole Christ which is GOD and MAN So the death of Christe which he sustayned according to his humane nature is ascrybed to the whole person which is GOD and MAN Therefore Luke rightly affirmeth that GOD hath purchased a Congregation to him selfe with his owne blood And againe he sayth rightly that IESVS the sonne of Mary hath created Heauen and Earth For Iesus and the eternall sonne of GOD is ONE person In the same sentence also speaketh Cyrell Beecause sayth hee that bodye which hee made his owne did suffer therefore it is sayde the worde it selfe suffered for vs. And heereof it is that all the workes and benefites of redemption in Christe are counted diuine infinite sauing and so inestimable that vnto them nothing neither in Heauen or in earth may be compared as wee haue somewhat touched before From this fountaine an infinite and vnspeakable consolation to the conscience afflicted tremblinge for the multitude of her sinnes floweth foorth For if the death of Christe bee so precious that there is no price of equall value which may be compared to it much lesse preferred before it What should let that it should not abound farre aboue the heape of my sinnes although exceeding Whereof Augustine saieth The mercy of GOD is much greater then the misery of all sinnes And Paule saieth VVhere sinne did abounde there grace did superabound Of the fifte point or Chapter IN THE FIFT PLACE we haue proponed of Christe that he is the Sauiour of Mankinde And in what manner he executeth the businesse of Mannes saluation Although in the matters before handled we haue oftentimes touched somwhat concerning this parte yet notwithstanding a iust explication of eche article as it was conuenient hath not hethervnto beene accomplished Therefore I will now speake of these things more at large and first I will recite the testymonyes of the scripture which testifie Christe to be the Sauiour of the worlde Furthermore I will declare how he is the Sauiour of the worlde Moses saith The seede of the woman shall crush the Serpents head that is to say CHRISTE shall destroy the woorkes of the Deuill and deliuer man from Sinne Death dampnation and Hell and shall iustifie quicken blesse and bring them into the kingdome of GOD. After the same manner GOD speaketh to Abraham In thy seede shall all nations bee blessed that is to say shall bee deliuered from all malediction and saued And the Angell Gabriell sayth to Ioseph Thou shalt call his name IESVS for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes In like manner the Angell to the Sheepeheards Beholde I shewe vnto you great ioy this day is borne vnto you a Sauiour whiche is Christe the Lorde in the citie of Dauid Paule also 1. Timo. 1. sayth This is a sure saying and woorthy of all receiuing that Iesus Christe came into the worlde to saue sinners And what should I bring many testimonyes the whole scriptures euery where affirmeth Iesus Christe to be the Sauiour of the worlde But by what meanes then doth Christe declare himselfe to be the Sauiour of the worlde and the redeemer of mankinde This thing is seene cheefely in fiue benefites towardes vs namely First in giuing vnto vs the true vnderstanding of the wisdome of saluation of which wee were destitute Moreouer in taking away our sinnes wherewith we are laden and oppressed Thirdely in imputing Righteousnesse vnto vs which of our selues we could not haue Fourthly in sanctifying and regenerating vs by his holy spirite so that wee which were the children of wrath may become the children of GOD. Fiftly in deliuering vs from the paines of hell which we had deserued and in giuing vnto vs the possession of euerlasting life which he by his owne death hath purchased for vs. Of these fiue benefites wherby Christe perfourmeth the whole woorke of our redemption and bringeth it to perfection I will breefely out of the holy Scripture adioyne a more plentifull explication The firste benefite COncerning the first benefite of Christ namely that hee giueth vnto vs the true vnderstanding of the wisdome of saluation which by the sharpnesse of our owne wit or reason we are by no meanes able to attain vnto the Euangelist Iohn speaketh in these words No man hath seene GOD at any time the only begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the Father hee hath declared him vnto vs. This wisdome Zachary calleth The knowledge of saluation for the remission of sinnes by the bowels of the mercy of GOD. And Christ saith This is eternall life that they may knowe thee to be very GOD and whome thou hast sent IESVS CHRISTE All the wisedome of the worlde compared to this wsedome is none at all or as if a man would compare one small drop with the whole Ocean or a small grauell stone with the sands of the whole sea or the whole worlde For what cōparison shall there be of a thing momentany to a thing euerlasting Or of a thing humane to that which is deuine This heauenly wisdome namely The moste sacred Gospel is that Perfecte VVisdome which wee boaste our selues to haue of our Lord and Sauiour Iesu Christe The seconde benefite TOuching the seconde kinde of the benefits of Christ namely That he taketh away the heape of our sinnes wherewith we are oppressed Iohn Baptist preacheth Ioh. 1. Beholde the Lambe of GOD whiche taketh away the sinnes of the world that is to say this IESVS will offer that sacrifice wherby he wil make satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole worlde But that we may come to a fuller knowledge of this testimony of Iohn concerning Christe I wil heere vnder set downe the questions which the woords them selues doe minister First VVhy Christe is called a Lambe And wherfore he is surnamed the Lamb of GOD. Secondly VVhat this Lambe doth Thirdly For whose cause he doth 1. There be two reasons why Christe is called A LAMBE The first is that Iohn might put the Iewes and vs in minde of bothe these thinges namely of the shadowe which went before in the olde Testament and the fulfilling of the promise which Iohn

wisdome of God set downe before all wretched sinners theeues murtherers and others whatsoeuer whiche for their euill deedes are punished that the same might be an euident testimony of the fauour of God wherewith he receiueth al with howsoeuer infamous kinde of punishment they bee punished in the sight of the worlde so that they with a constant fayth doe flye vnto Iesus Christe But that the wretched offenders whiche are to be punished for their offences may know by what meane they may obtaine the fauoure of GOD I will set downe certaine sure Articles according vnto whiche they may directe their cogitations FIRST of all the wretched sinner which is to be punished for his manifest offences shall not hypocritically make sclender his sinne neither by conferring of his sinne with y e sinnes of other offenders deceiue himselfe but rather he shall examine himselfe and weigh not in deceitful ballances the heuinesse of his iniquitie Let him consider who it is whom he hath offended namely GOD a righteous Iudge from whom nothing can be hid therefore let him esteeme himselfe worthy who deseruedly for the inormitie and fylthynesse of his sinne is vnwoorthy the name of a man Such manner of cogitations do breed in man a knowledge of himselfe and stirre vp a feeling and taste of the bitternesse of death and hell SECONDLY Least feeling the sorrows of Hel he should despayre of the grace of God for the greatnesse of his sinne as Cayne Iudas Saule and many others haue doone these fiue things are to be thought vpon First The promise and good will of God saying I will not the death of a sinner but that hee may bee conuerted and liue Furthermore the commaundement of God earnestly commaunding repentance vnder the rigour of obedience whiche all creatures are bounde to performe vnto him O yee Sonnes of men sayth he turne ye vnto me Item Let euery one be turned from his wicked wayes And Christ sayth Come vnto mee all yee which labour and be heauily loden and I will refreshe you Thirdly Let him set before him the death and passion of Iesus Christ who with his sufficient raunsome hath made satisfaction for the sinnes of all men Augustine sayth The mercy of GOD is greater than the miserye of all sinnes Fourthly Let him set before his eyes the examples of those whiche beeing conuerted haue beene receiued into grace as Adam Dauid Manasses the Theefe and as many as euer haue required pardon so that God hath neuer reiected any earnestly repenting Fifthly Let him consider the testimonie of Grace namely Baptisme whereby God testifyeth that he will remit sinne to all those whiche by faith turne themselues vnto him It is written Marck 1. that Iohn preached the Baptisme of Repentance for the remission of sinnes that is he taught Baptisme to be a testimonye and seale by whiche GOD testifyeth that hee without all respect of persons remitteth sinne to all those whiche by faith turne themselues vnto Iesus Christe THIRDLY the wretched offender beeing exercised with these fiue considerations let him now giue place to the worde of God by the efficatie wherof the holy Ghost working the sparkle of Faith is conceiued in the heart of man FOVRTHLY Faith beeing conceiued forgiuenesse of sinnes is to bee desyred for the precious blood of Christe whiche he shed vppon the Altar of the Crosse for the sinnes of the whole worlde In this praying faith by little and little increaseth and together therewith man feeleth in his heart the answere of the holy Ghoste which bringeth to passe that he most assuredly persuadeth himselfe that all his offences are forgiuen him FIFTLY Pardon of sinne in the sight of GOD beeing obtayned let him with a quiet minde submit himselfe to the punishment deserued and together therewith let him desire of God fortitude of minde that he may patiently suffer the paines layde iustly vpon him for his wicked deedes yea let him also giue thankes vnto God whiche hath drawen him to tempoporall punishments in this world that he shuld flye from eternall condemnation and that he should heere in the body be punished that with the Theefe hee may commende his soule vnto God The thirde kinde of Crosse whereof the history of the passion of Christe maketh mention is The Crosse of the Theefe hanging at the lefte hand After this manner they doe suffer which repent not neither call vpon God but contemning the grace and sacrifice of Christe do dye in desperation and are for euer condemned They which in such sorte doo suffer for their offences and fly not by a sure fayth vnto God this temporarie Crosse is vnto them as foreshowinges of the paynes eternall wherewith they shalbee plagued without all mitigation and comforte in Hell with the Deuilles and all the company of the condemned Hetherto we haue intreated of the three sortes of Crosses wherof the history of the Passion of Christe maketh mention Now let vs moreouer ioyne heerevnto a generall admonition whiche may profit all the godly in what soeuer manner they shalbe afflicted in this worlde Whosoeuer is oppressed with the crosse or calamitie let him respecte these foure thinges in order In the Deuill let him consider Lying and Murther In himselfe let him weigh Sinne and VVretchednesse In GOD let him reuerence Iudgement and Mercie In the Gospel let him seeke counsaile helpe First Let him consider in the Deuill Lying and Tyranny who as by lying he slewe our first Parents so now euery moment with lying and tyranny hee lyeth in waite for all mankinde For as Peter sayth Hee goeth aboute like a roring Lyon seking whom he may deuoure He verely seketh all but he deuoureth only those whōe he intangleth in his snares of Lying For this vncleane spirite continually indeuoureth to make all other vncleane with him Hee infecteth the minde with lying and erronious doctrine He shaketh the hearte with the tempests of corrupt desyres He bewitcheth the will with the shadowe of commodytie to conclude he indeuoreth to defile with wicked actes the whole life of man that he that he at the length might haue man beeing spiritually slaine fellowe and partaker of eternall damnation This consideration of the study of this wicked spirite the enemye of GOD and mankinde shoulde stirre vp an hatred of sinne and breede in the mindes of men an abhorring of the filthynesse thereof Secondly Let him weigh Sinne and wretchednesse in himselfe in euen ballances and let him thinke that the misery whiche he suffereth is a deserued punishment for his sinne And by the greatnesse of the misery let him esteeme the enormitie turpitude multitude of his sinnes Let him consider that hee by his sinne hath offended the cheefest and infinite goodnesse wher of let him conclude the present calamitie to bee away to euerlasting misery vnlesse he be otherwayes holpen In this cogitation the whole man treembleth of whiche thing we may see many examples in many Psalmes cheefely in those whiche they call the Penitentiall Psalmes in whiche