☞ The effecte of Christis passion hathWin [...]. his. i. ar ticle. a condicion. The fulfilling of the cō dicion diminissheth nothinge thef­fecte of christs passion.

God is the lyght / & will not be taught withGeor­ge Ioye derke and confuse termes. Isaye prophecy­ed [Page] of Christe that when he shulde come / heIsa. xlij shulde not be derke and difficile or harde in his doctryne. Nowe spekest thow playnlyeIo. xvi. (sayd his disciples). And Paul reioysed gretelyij. cor. i. that he had so syncerely and frely prea­ched the gospell. Christe tolde his that theiMat. v shulde be the lyghte of the worlde purelye & clerely to teche / especiallye the cheif princi­pals of the christē religiō: of which the psal.Psame. [...]. x [...]. hathe / Manifest and clere ar thy wordes oh lorde / the [...] illumyn and geue vnderstandīg to the litle ons. But and if gods word apere to vs hard and derke / our own sluggishnes negligence and ignauye is the cause therof / If it be derke / it is derke to them that hate the lyght. If it be vnsauery / it is so to them that lyste not to taste therof. It is harde rydles to them whiche ar so wyse in their owne consaites that thei disdayne to lerne of anye man / as it was to the seers hearers and vn­derstanedrs which herd christe & vnderstode him not so blynde at none dayes (the gospelMath. xiij. now clerely comen) that thei stagger & reele in the clere lyght lyke the dronken crownesI [...]. Isaye xxviij. [...]. of prowd Ephraim & Moab▪ Belyke Win. is a shamed of the playne simple wordes of christis gospell / as of theis wont and comon wordes. Forgeuenes of synnes / faith & workes / [Page v] but goth about to kouer them with his condicions / effectis / fulfillings / and confuse knowleges. The scriptures know nonother effect and condicion / but remission of synnis vpon this condiciō that we beleue chryste to haue dyed for them and to haue risen age [...]e [...]o. iiij. for owr iustificacion. Thou shalt call his na­me Iesus (said the aungell to marye) for he shall saue his peple from their sinnes Mat. i. Therfore was chryste listed vpō the crosseIoā. iij that as manye as beleue in him shuld be sa­ued. Euery man may see that Win. ente [...] ­beth some iugling caste with his confuse cō ­dicion / which he dare not expresse calling it works / speking planely Theffect of christes passion hathe workes whose fulfillinge &c̄. But play on yet a gods name Winchester.

☞ Thei that wil enioy theffect of chri­stisWin. [...] article. passiō must fulfill the condion.

Yet will ye not expresse your condiciō? wel / Georg Ioye. then will I expresse it for you / for I knowe yowr mynde is to proue works to iustifye. This is Win. article. Thei that will enioye the forgeuenes of synnis must do good wor kes. And so he entēdeth as ye shall see a non a [...]tir his wyse deduccion to conclude his fo­lisshe conclusiō. Yet playe on Winchester a gods name aboue the borde.

☞ The fulfilling of the condiciō rqui­rethWin. ij article. fyrst knowlege of the cōdiciō / which knowlege we haue by faith.

Ah good faith / where hast thou ben all thisGeor­ge Ioye whyle? hath this iuggler kept the this long in his bagge vnder the borde? Thou haste ta ried all to longe / for Win. wilbe iustified by his condicion ere thou comest. Here might I aske win [...]. whether works (which ar his cō ­diciō) be before faith / or faith before his wor kes? By his processe / works go before faith [...]nd so must his workis be synne and displea sure to god. For what soeuer is not of faith [...]o. xiiij Hebr. xi (saith Paul) is synne. And with out faith it is impossible to please god. If faith goth be­fore works / then must faith onely iustify or els is it no faithe as I shall nowe proue by Paul / which geuīg to faith hir essencial diffiHebr. xi nicion / ioyneth it immediatly & essenciallye vnto things inuisible adsewered vs by hope saying. Faith is a substanciall▪adsewered p­swasionFaith. of thingis hoped for with a sewer hope and confidence / euen the certaynte of thīgis inuisible. God inuisible so intyrly ioi neth himself to faith / that in the faithfull heIo [...]. vi. dwelleth / and thei in him / Faith therfor all wais inseperably is ioyned to gods mercye his grace / remission of synnes / to saluacion [Page vi] and life eternall thorow christe / which all ar inuisible things hoped for. But Win. drea­ming vs forthe his newe fayned faith cow­plethe her to an externe knowlege of what maner a visible fulfilling I can not tel you / nor yet of what a fonde confuse condicion nor yet of himself expressed. Ioyne thou thyRo. viij faith to an vtwarde visble bodely thing and so is it nether faith nor hope / Blessed ar theiIoā. xx that beleue and see not. Nowe must winch▪ proue his condicion with the fulfilling and knowlege therof to be things inuisible / ho­ped for / as eternall lyfe &c̄ / or els his faithe shalnot be that faith which Paul diffineth & christe so often mencioneth in his gospell.

☞ This faith comith of god / this faithWin. iij article. is a good gift / it is good and profi­table to me. It is profitable to me to do wel & to excercise this faith.

This faith so farof flitted from thinuisible iustificacion / whether it be the gift of god &Geor­ge Ioye profitable to winchester I dowt it▪ but this am I sewer of by christes owne words / that when winch. hathe done all that god hathe commaunded him (which I dare saye he shal [...]u. xvij▪ neuer do / and so neuer fulfill his condiciō) yet is he but a seruant (if he be not a [...]orde) vnprofitable. I wold aske win. when he lo­keth [Page] and considereth firste theffect of christs passiō / whether he beleued it or no? If he did not beleue / so was he thē an infidel [...]. If he beleued it (seing it is the promised forgeue­nes of synnes in crystis blode) whether bele ued he it to be effectuous to himself or onely to other men? If to other & not to himself / [...] is his faith and the deuils faith all one. [...] beleued his own sinnis to be forgeuē therby so was he iustifyed by faith onely ere any o­ther condiciō was known or spokē of / or els he muste make christe a lyer which saith. [...]s thou beleuest so come it to the. Whē IairusMath. xv. desiered cryste to come and helpe his daugh ter / and in christs coming / Iairus his seruāt met him saying / decease not christe owr ma­ster no farther / for your daughter is dead. What said cryst? said he not to him / fear not? Beleue onely and she shalbe salfe. These sa­me wordes (Onelye beleue) stande bothe in Mark and [...]uke. What cōdiciō els thē faith [...]u. viij Mar. v onely in christis promyse can Win. fynde to enioy theffect of christis passion? Christe (all condicions els set asyde) onely faith mencio­ned / said. Thy faith hath saued the. What cō dicion els then faith did Christe requyre of the childs father praying him to caste the e­uillMar. ix spirit oute of his sone? Added he anye [Page vij] thinge els then faith / saying. If thou can [...]te beleue all thingis ar possible to the beleuer? Awaye winchester with your confuse com­berouse condicion / sonde fulfyllinges and your craftye knowlege▪ and abuse not the precyouse gyfte of faithe to serue yowr syn full affectes to proue your blasphemouse cō clusyon. But yet perchaunce Winchester wyll answere to my former question / That whē he beholdeth the forgeuenes of his syn nes in crystis passion / he seeth also therwith his condicion. Well / be it so / Thē aske I him whether the forgeuenes of his synnes ther beholden / and himselfe hearinge Christe cal linge and krying / Come vnto me Wui [...]. la­den with synnes and I shall case the / whe­ther (I saye) is it more profitable for him by faith to sethold of the forgeuenss of his sin nes nowe offred him by christe that can not lye / or to tary and sende him worde / that he will fyrste knowe and fulfyll his condicon? A wyse man wolde thinke it moste profita­ble to set holde fyrste by faith vpon his iusti­ficaciō frely nowe offred him and to take the thing certayn & present / rather then so preci­ous a gift neglected / to labour in an vncer­tayn condiciō / For if his condiciō be the wor kis of the law (as he will not denye it) which [Page] it is impossible for anye flesshe to fulfill / as Paul affirmeth / and all owr beste workes ar [...]o. viij infected with Adams byrth poyson stayned lyke the sike womās clothes as I saye saith.I saye lxiij. And if Win. (I saye) tary tyll he hath fulfil led his condicion / he shall come to shorte of his iustificacion in christe. For ere he begin­neth to fulfill the condicion he is disobediēt to christes callinge and refuseth the forgeue nes of his synnes / of which vnfaith full diso bedience what soeuer deed foloweth it is sin ne / yea and that a greuous synne as Samu­el [...]. of the [...]ig. xv. eraggerateth it vnto king Saul albeit he did it (as thei saye) of a good e [...]tent. Nowe saye on yet agen winchester.

☞ Ergo by the gift of god I maye do [...]in. iiij Article. well before I am iustifyed.

Yea mary / this is the cōclusiō I waited for. [...]o [...] ­ [...]e Ioye [...]o / now hath he concluded of himselfe / that he maye do well before he be iustifyed. This his well doing standeth vpon the fulfilling of his cōdiciō / where ye see he hath his faith and his workes and yet is he not instifyed / ergo in that same tyme before he is iustified is he not iustified by faith nor by his works Here ye see playnly into what confusion be bringith himself / and what it is to reason by his own witte withowt any worde of scrip­ture. [Page viij] Wold god the papistes had no wyser [...]iuines to defende their false religion / seldē ar these popisshe lawers good diuines. He saith he may do well / and I saye he may do euill to. It becometh a lerned man so to con­ferre the scriptures trwly vnderstandē that he be sewer and certayn of his cōclusiō. But perchaunce he take this word May / for the mery mo [...]the of May next april / and then am I content to tary tyll May come age [...]e for the verifying of his conclusion waiting for his well doing / for hitherto (god know­eth) he hath done miche euill. The lorde a­mend him befor May / or els take him short­ly away Amē. Because Win. hath no scrip ture to proue his conclusiō / I wil helpe him but yet I commende Standish agenst Doc­tor Barnes / for he laid on scriptures wrytē and vnwriten / englisshed and vnenglisshed as thik as hayle / & vnderstod not one worde what he sayd / euen the very doctours payn­ted of Paul to haue erred fr [...] the trwe faithi. timo. i and loue / and ar swaruen vnto vayne lyes / which wolde be sene Doctours of the lawe and yet vnderstande thei not what thei saye nor of what thing thei affirm. But to Win. conclusiō / Thou knowest good reader / that in scripture there is mencioned a dead faithi. timo. i [Page] and a fayned or false faith. And also there is a rightwysnes of the lawe or owr rightwysRoma. ix. &. x. nes and also a like iustificacion / one of faith before god & a nother of works before men. Whē Paul had mightely ꝓued onely faith to haue iustified before God / the Iewe notRo. iij. being content with this concluson obiected sayinge. What then shall we saye of owr fa­ther Abraham? Gote he no iustificacion byRo. iiij. his works? he was a good father and did ma ny good dedis. It is trweth sayth Paul / but yet hath he not to reioyse therof before god / but onely before men. Now let vs set vp my Lorde Gardiner in his Deluets and Saty [...] alo [...]te vpon his [...]le trapped withe veluet with gylden sterups and bridle &c / with his ientle men bare head chayned with gold / be­fore and aftir him. Who wilnot say but the­re rideth a princely prelate a gloriouse Bis­shop to orne and honor an hole realme? See what a clenlye sorte of tall men he hathe a­boute him / what costlye liueries geueth he / what a mayny of idle belies daily fedeth he? Hath not Winch. lo / wherof to glory before men? is not this a ioyly iustificacion? Nowe foloweth his conclusion of himselfe saying / ergo by the gift of god / that is by these worl dely giftes I maye do well before worldlye [Page ix] men of flesshly iugement before I be iustifi­ed before God / yet iustifyed gloriouslye (in whiche I reioyce) before men. This is his Iewisshe iustificacion wherof the pharisais so highly reioyced / insomich that christe toldMat. ix them that he came not to call siche iuste mē / but sinner [...] to repentance / warning the pe­ple that ex [...]pte their rightwysnes aboundedMat. v a boue the pharisais good dedis / thei shulde neuer come to heuen. And Paul / saithe thatRom. x men ignorant of the rightwisnes or right­wisemaking of god / and seking to set fast (as now doth Winch.) their own rightwisnes / thei be neuer subiecte to the rightwisnes of god. Winchester yet knoweth not the office of the lawe / to shew vs our sinnes / to work wrathe / to make sinne the more to aboundeca. iiij. and vij. as Paul proueth it to the Romans / so farre of must it be to iustifye. Nether yet knowth he thoffice and proper place of faithe nor yet what thing faith is / but cōceiueth a certayn fantastical opinion therof as doth euery spe culatiue pharisay and idle hypocrite. And a man shulde speke astir the very order of na­ture and of the tyme / he must nedis set faith before works / as is the tree before it blometh and the blomes before the frute. The seade i [...] caste into the erthe before it growthe and fr [...] ­tifieth. [Page] The sead is the worde of God sayth Christe. And nighe vnto the is the worde ofRom. x faith euen in thyne herte and mouth. FaithGala. v is effectuous and worketh by loue. And the ende of the precepte is loue owte of a purei. timo. i herte (by faith harts ar made pure sayth Pe­ter)Act. xv and a good conscience and of faith vnfai ned. I thinke Win. is not so ignorant in his Gramer as to englisshe this texte of Paul / Fides que operatur per [...]ilectionem / as did Iohn fis [...]her the bisshop of Rochester in his sermon at Pauls crosse and aft [...]rwarde prin ted / thus englisshed faith which is wrought by charite: so settīg the carte before the hor­se and like an vngodly gardener to peruert and turne the rotes of his plantes and her­bes vpward / of which I herde as it were an olde prophecye. xl. yeres agoo that siche an Antichriste shuld come to peruerte the iusti­ficacion of faith and turne Christes religion vpsedown. I am sewer he wilnot set works before faith / no not in the yong baptized in­fants / nor yet in Paul at his conuersiō / nor in the thef hanginge by christe crucifyed. It is trweth that workes beinge the frutes of faith standing in their own place proceding out of faith iustifying / diminish not theffect of christs passion. For we ar made in christe [Page x] Iesu to do the good works which god hatheEph. ij. prepared that we shulde walke in them. We ar saued frely by faith saith Paul / yea & that not of works / for it is the gyfte of god / that we be saued by faith / and not for our works lest any man shuld reioyce in his own dedis. But if winc. put his works in the place and office of faith / as the condicion with out theRo. iij. which noman is iustifyed / so diminisheth he yea he is iniuriouse and blasphemouse vntoIsaye xliij [...]vi [...] lij. lxiij. xlviij. theffect of christis passion / for by this doctri­ne his diminute imperf [...]cte and wiked wor­kes shulde deserue vs forgeuenes of synnes as though christes bloude and so plentuous a redempcion in christe were not sufficiente. If by the lawe saith Paul mē be made right­wyseGala. ij / so is christe ded in vayne. Loue muste fulfill the condiciō (saith he) ergo the works of the lawe ar his condicion / Ro. xiij. Nowe let vs see what loue god asketh of vs / for if we haue not that loue / we shall neuer fulfill Win. condicion. God cōmandeth vs to loueDeu. vi him with owr hole hertes / minds / soulis / & with all owr strength / and owr neighboursMat. v Ioā xiij Phil. [...]. Rom. v yea and owr enimies to / as owr selues / yea and that euen as christe loued vs which died for vs being his enymies. He biddeth vs to be perfit and holy as himselfe is / not to be so [Page] angrye with our brother as to prouoke himMat. v Le. xix. Exo. ij. Deut. v Ro. vij. Mat. x with any euill worde to anger / nor to desier any other mās good / seruāt wife &c / no not to loue our oun liuis in his cause / but to haa­te our flessh & dye for his sake. Now tell me Win. if any one man hath this loue / and so fulfilled your condicion: or els dare yourself affirme to haue fulffylled it? if ye haue not / ergo by your own words ye shall neuer en­ioye theffect of christes passion (and yet spe­ke I not of the perfit faith and hope that e­uery man / in god is bownd to haue: beware therfor Win. how ye set your saluacion vpō so harde a condicion / leste ye come to shorte of the gates shuttinge with your. v. folisshe virgens. If you had once fulfilled (as you neuer shall) your condicion / and so perseue­ringe / you nede not to praye / Father forge­ue me my dettes / nor neuer to saye your Pater noster. For ye owe no loue nether vnto god nor mā / ye haue payd all. And yet saithRo. xiij Paul / owe ye nothing to any man but mu­tuall loue / shewinge loue to be a dette euer in paying and neuer full payd. We shal an­swere for euery idle word saith christe. ButMath. xij. if Win. had accomplisshed his condicion / so might he go play & iustle in iugement with christe for his saluacion / hauinge no nede of [Page xi] Christis passion / then mighte he clayme he­uen of dewty & make grace no grace / whichRom. xi and. vi. is a mere free gyfte vndeserued of any man and thus were he one of those iuste prelates whom Christe sayde he came not to call. IsMat. ix not he a prowd foole to whom whē god ge­ueth a free iustificacion in christe / yet wil he refuse to take it but vpon a condiciō / that he deserue it with siche works as himself is ne uer able to performe? what arrogante foole wold thus condicion himselfe agenste gods wyll? Peter considering this importable cō ­dicionAct. xv sayd / by faith god purifyeth their her tes / and wherfore thē do ye now tempt god somich [...]aing siche a vo [...] vpon mens necks which nether owr fathers nor we be able to bere.? By the grace of owr Lorde Iesu chri­ste we beleue vs to be saued as were owr fa­thers.i Ioā. i. If we shuld say that we haue no sin­ne in vs / so ar we lyers. Wherfore the scripRo. iij. and. xi. turis conclude euery man to be a sinner and i [...]fidele / that of almen God [...]oughte haue mercye. And that the promyse oute of faithGal. iij in Iesu Christe shulde be geuen to the bele­uers. Onely Christe fulfilled the lawe.Ro. viij the pha risai. ob iection.

And if Win [...]. wold mok out Paul / sayinge that when he concluded so oft man to be fre­ly iustifyed by faith onely withowt the wor­kes [Page] of the lawe: that he ment by the workis of the lawe but circumcision and the other ce remonies now abrogated / and not the lawe of the commandements. Then let him heare Paul expowning himselfe of what lawe heRo. iij. &. vij. ment answering to siche obieccions. By the lawe saith he cometh the knowlege of sinneThe an­swers. and I had not knowne cōupiscence to haue ben syn had not the lawe sayde: Thou shalt not haue any concupiscens or luste. And thē when he wrote his pistles / circumcision and the rytes and ceremonyes were abrogated among the christen Iewes / and the Genty­les neuer were bownde to them as was A­braham iustifyed by faith onely ere the law was writen and before he was circumcised. And Peter sayd that this same lawe whiche Paul excludeth from iustificaciō and Wine. callethe his condicion / is a yoke importable which proueth it not to be circumcision nor any of their ceremonies of Moses law / for these were lyghte enoughe to bere / lyghter & easyer thē to not luste or desyer any thing agenst gods will or for a riche mā to forsake all & giue it to the pore / or for Win. to cast of his pryde his bisshopryke with all his vayn­glorye and to become the humble pore pure persecuted precher of gods worde. It is red [Page xii] that there was one man that by suffring do­inge [...]uke xxiiij and fulfilling the lawe of the comman­dements came to heuen / euen chryst onelye. In Math. we reade of a nother yonge manca. xix. that wolde go to heuen by doing some good works / asking christe / Good Master what deedis shall I do to haue lyfe eternall? who­se mynde christe se [...]nge / did set him but cer­tayne of the easyest commandements to fill fyll them. And he sayde / as for these I haue done them all redye / well then sayd Christe or rather so thought / If ye will nedis go to heuen by doinge / I shall set you to do siche deedis as I knowe well ye will neuer do / yea thei be impossible for you to do them / e­uen to sell his substance and to geue it to the pore and so to folowe him now going forth to Ierusalem to suffer dethe. What did this man I praye you? howe farre went he with christe think you? went he not his way heuy ly from christe? And yet will Win▪ go to he­uen by doinge and fulfilling his harde con­dicion / I dare say he wold s [...]ratche his head twyse (as did this riche man) ere he sold his bisshopryke & had geuen it to the pore. And therfore Christe pronownced that it is im­possibleMath. xix for siche riche men to come to heuē. God therfore trusted vs so litle with the fulMar. x [Page] fillinge of the lawe and so by this condicion to come to heuen / that he toke it out of owr handes and layd it vpon his sonne crysts ba­ke to be fulfilled. For if he had lefte our sal­uacion in owr own hands to be deserued by owr workes we had bene all dampned. Yet saye on Winchester once agene.

☞ Ergo I maye do well by the gyftewin [...]. v. article. of god before I am iustified towar­des the ataynement of iustificaciō.

Now declareth he by his well doing for theGeorg Ioye. ataynment of his iustificacion to be iustified by works. Here is his condiciou declared to be works. Here he sheweth himself to be ar­r [...]gantlye bolder then Dauid or iuste Iob / whiche bothe feared their works and desye­red god not to entre into iugement with thē for thē shuld there noman be iustified in his fyght / and agen saith Dauid / lorde if thow shuldst obserue owr iniquities / who shal stā ­de before the in iugemente vncondemp [...]ed? But Winch▪ maye do well in the month of Maye before men ere he be iustifyed before god: and so reioyce of his own ioyly iustify­cacion rydinge vpon his horse or mule. He wolde fayne here wrap in his workes with his faith both togither into one bed to war­me and winne his iustificaciō / that he might [Page xiii] be sewer by both togither (for the mo the be­ter) to be iustified (Sed pallium ambos ope­rireIsaye. xxviij. non potest saith Isaye) but the couerlet is to narow and to short to kouer them both one of them therfore is lyke to lyebare arse and a colde. For god / to whom we be mary­edOse. ij. by faith and mercye is a ioylous god and wilnot that any of his spouses shuld ly withExo. xx & xxxiiij a nother to diuide their faith frō him to wor kes to be iustifyed by them / nor to separate forgeuenes of sinnes frō his blode. Is chri­ste diuided? And therfore if this iusticiarye by his may well doing before he be iustified towerde thatammēt therof so proced towar­de his entente / he may be (as the fryers and monkes were wont to saye) in via perditio­nis / persectionis I wold saye / but vnto the very iustificacion shall he neuer come / euen men of a corrupt mynde caried awaye of di­uerse lustes / euer lerning and neuer comenij. Tim. iij. vnto the knowlege of the trwthe: for siche deceyuers shall go forthe worse and worse tyl their wikednes be rype / leading wother into errours / their selues being blynde and far out of the way turned vnto vayn speche & false doctryn / willīg to be seue doctours & yet vnderstōde thei not what thei say nor of what thigis thei make actes articles & insti­tuciōs. [Page] But play on yet agen ōce M Win.

☞ There is euer as miche charite to­werdewin. vi article. god as faith▪ and as faith en creaseth so do charite encrease.

This is trwth nether ought it to be impug­nedGeorg Ioye. if he take faith & charite as Paul taketh them. There muste nedis some trwth be mix ed with lies that he might the slylyer decei­ue / and some sugar mēgled with his venom that he mighte the priuelier poyson. What then Winchester?

☞ To thataiment of iustificacion is requiredwin. vij article. faith and charite.

Faith onelye (saith Christe and Paul) is re­quired to thatainmēt of the iustificaciō whi­cheGeorg Ioye. is of God / nether is charite excluded frō faith but from the efficacye effect and office to iustifye. For to this effect & office is faith alone sufficiente effectuously. As from fyer or from the sonne we exclude not heate nor brightnes / but yet haue heat and brightnes their sondry effectes and offices: for the heat warmethe and with his bryghtnes the sone shyneth and geueth lyght. Charite hath many fayer effectes and offices attributed one­ly [...]. co. xiij vnto herself as proper / and is highly com mended for thē / as is faith extolled of Paul for hir offices in the Hebrewes. And I dareHebrr xi [Page xiiii] saye / charite is content with her owne wor­kes / called benigne pacient &c / so that she de syereth not to put hir elder syster faith oute of hir cheif office nor yet to vsurpe any part therof / whose office principal is alone to iu­stifye / but and if Win. wyll defraude faithe of hir effecte and imparte it vnto charite / he shall offend bothe charite and faith. This is certayne that if charite had had any siche an excellent effect and office as to iustifie / Paul wold not haue omitted it / but wold haue ge uen hir the glorye therof setting it forth be­fore all saying / Charite iustifyeth / charite isi. co. xiij benigne / pacient &c. I wolde Winc. wolde once shewe vs where he fyndeth this text in scripture. Charite iustifyeth. It is writen in manye places faith iustifyeth / by faith GodHebr. xi testifyed our fathers to be iustified / yea and that with out the works of the lawe. Frely [...]o. iij. doutles ar mē iustified by grace (saith Paul)Note the trās laciō of this tex te. thorow the raunsom and redempcion made by the anoynted sauiour whom god the fa­ther hathe setforthe to be the free mercyfull gyfte or seat of mercye thervpon to be apea­sed thorowe faith in his bloude / setforthe (I saye) to declare himself faithfull and trwe of his promyse concerninge the forgeuenes of synnes hitherto committed and paste / which [Page] sinne [...] god the father had not anō punisshed but paciētly suffred them to declare his lōge sufferinge and himself to be trwe of his pro­mise at this present tyme whē himself wold be known and declared faithfull and iust in that he iustifieth who soeuer beleueth and li ueth in Iesu by faith. Where is thē now thy gloriouse hostinge oh Win.? It is playnely excluded & shut oute of dores. By what rea­son? by the reason and vertew of works? N [...] no / but by the reason of faith. We conclude therfore (saith Paul) that by faithe a man is iustified with oute the works of the law. [...]o here is all gloriacion of works blown down laid flat in the duste by the reason and powr of faith: for as faith humbleth & geuethe all glory to god / so do works puffe vp man and ascribe glory vnto men. If theffect of christs passion shuld depend of the condicion of our works / we shulde neuer be sewer & certayn of our iustificacion / for all our works ar vn­perfitIsaye lxiij. and fowle as the sike womās clothes. Paul himself did his office so trwly that his conscience could not accuse him of any faut / and yet he sayd / Non tamen in hoc iustifica­tus [...]. co. iiij sum / yet for so doing am I not iustified.

☞ Euerye thinge is to be called free­lyewī. viij article. done / wherof the beginninge [Page xv] is free and at lybertye with owte anye cause of prouocacion

So is there nothing frely done. For man haGeorg Ioye. uinge his humane naturall affectes / as loue hatered / feare / ioye / heuines / gladnes / con­cupiscence / honger / thirste &c. Besydes the­se also hauinge any celestiall gyftes as faith hope &c / must nedis be prouoked of them to do or to suffer all thingis. But the liberty ofIo. viij Galat. iij. & v. i. cor. ix the spirit conceiued by faith wherof Christe and Paul speke / affirming by faith himselfe to be free and by loue to be bondman to all men is of an higher di [...]nite thē this popissh lawer or cowrtlye ruf [...]er can attayne vnto. Forhte on Winchester.

☞ Faith must be to me the assewerā ­ceWin. ix article. of the promyses in god made in criste (if I fulfill the cōdiciō) & loue must accōplisshe the cōdiciō / wher­vpō solowth thatainmēt of the pro myse accordinge to Gods trweth.

Yet dare not he expresse his condiciō / sayingGeorg Ioye. playnly. Faith assewereth me of the promi­se of god (if I fulfill the lawe) but Win. nor none els / but onely christe / fulfilled the law ergo nether Winch. nor any els / standinge this condiciō / shal neuer be assewered of the promyse of God. Paul argeweth another [Page] wayes excludinge the condicion that men mighte be the sewerer and certayner of the promyse. For if the promyse shuld stande of an vncertain / yea impossible condicion: who shalbe certayn and assewered of the promy­se? Thus argeweth Paul. By the works of [...]io. iiji. the lawe came not the promise to Abraham or to his fead / him to be thayer of the world but by the rightwisemaking by faith. For if thei that will be iustifyed by the workes be therfore made thayers / so is faith and bele­ue in vayne and the promyse voide and fru­strate. For the lawe worketh but wrath / er­go it worketh no good works to the atayn­ment of iustificacion. It worketh wrath for that it is impossible to be performed and ac­cōplished of man whiche is flesshe as Paul [...]io. viij constantly affirmeth / and therfore it wrap­pethe all the workers therof to be iustifyed therby / vnder the curse. For as many as stā ­de vpon the works of the lawe to this ende euen for their iustificaciō ar yoked vnder ex ecracion and tyed to the curse Gala. iij. For where i [...] no lawe there is no transgression. Wherfore (Paul nowe concludeth agenste Win. saying) out of faith is the heretage ge uen / lyke as oute of grace / that the promyse mighte be the more fernie and sewerer vnto [Page xvi] all the sead / not to it that is onely out of the lawe / but also to it which is oute of the faith of Abraham. Paul in spirit did see befor this Winchesters condicion to frustate the pro­myse and therfore he confuteth it here so cle rely. And agen vnto the Galathēs / If anyeGal. iij wolde obiecte saying / ergo the lawe is agē ­ste the promises. God forbid saith Paul / but if there had ben a lawe geuen whiche might haue geuen lyfe / then no doute iustificacion might haue comē by the lawe. But the scrip ture cōcluded all vnder syn that the promy­se / the promise (I saye) out of the faith of Ie su Chryste shuld be geuen and not deserued to the beleuers. Thus ye see howe with so many wordes paul excludeth Win. impossi­ble condicion / to make faste the promyse in Christe that owr faith might be the sewerer stayede and cleaue to it. If onelye vnbeleif dampneth / why shulde not onelye faithe iu­stifye? it is a good argumente of contrarye. But yet because Win. wyndeth in his con­dicion so harde for the atainmente of his iu­stificacion by works. I wolde fayne se some one of his good works so perfit / pure / with oute anye carnall affecte annexed / ether of vaynglory or of loue to himselfe or for fere of payne not done nor for hope of rewarde / [Page] or any lucre promocion or to recen [...]e a beter thinge for the doinge therof / oute of so pure an herte that it be not done of any affeccion to the persone / but onelye of faith & [...]ele for the glorye of god & profit of his neighbour or onely to mortifye his owne affectes and to set naught by himself / to abnegate and re nownce his estimacion and glorye / to be re­newed in spirit and to folow christe mekely to dethe. Paul acknowlegeth himself & com [...]o. vij. playueth in his most perfeccion not to be a­ble to do that good which he wold do / but to do that euill which he wold not do. [...]e dirst not call in / this condicion to atayne his iusti ficacion therby / but constantlye affirmed as many as stande vpon the workes of the law to fulfill them / therby to be iustified / ar yo­ked vnto the curse of the lawe saying / Cur­sed is euery man that abideth not in althin­gis wrytē in the boke of the lawe to perfor­me them. I wonder therfore that Win. dare stande vpon his condicion to be fulfilled to ataine any parte of his iustificacion therby. Dare he clayme (thinke ye) any parte of his iustificacion for burning of Doctor Garnis and his felows for prechinge agenst theise wikekly armed articles? Tell vs Win. didst thou burne them so cruelly of loue and not [Page xvij] of haatred or enuy? trwely loue burneth no­man for preching the trweth / charite enuy­eth not &c̄. Abi igitur post christum satana / Math: xvi. Come bak deuill aftir christe / thou art sclaū derous to his crosse / for being maried to thy nown witte / thou sauourst not the heuenly and godly iustificacion / but siche one as na­turall reason perswadeth emong men / euen one good turne for another to be done / and so to deserue thy iustificaciō. But be it in ca­se / that Win. thus condicioninge with God hath in his own opiniō done some good dee de wherby he dare claym his iustificaciō / yet shal not that same deed serue him to that ein­mente of that effecte. For were it neuer so good / yet doth his false opinion in his deed make it dampnable. But lett vs speake of a good deed absolutely / excluded from all car nall affectes (if any man maye do siche one) this deed is not owre deed / but the deede of god working it in vs / for what deed soeuer procedethe owte of owr corrupte nature is naught. It is god saith Paul that workethePhil. ij in you accordinge to his good mynde bothe to will well / & also to performe your work. Nether ar we apte and able to thinke somi­cheij. co. iij as a good thoughte out of owr own sel­ues / but all our ablenes cometh from God. [Page] And I say saith / lorde s [...]t peace among vs / I saye xxvi. for it is thow that workest and finisshest all thing is in vs bothe our thought is & de [...]des. And therfore well sayd Austen. God crow­neth in vs his own deedis & not owrs. Con diciō not therfore (Win.) with god for your deedis / which (as all mē see them) ar but [...]a lice / mischeif / enuy / rankor / bitternes / bloud thirstinge / pryde / cruell tyrannye / blasphe­mies / persecucion of christis innocente lom­bes and of his worde / deceytfully flatering your prynce / euill cownsell geuinge to pro­uoke the wrathe of god vpon yow all / and vpon that noble realme / sowinge most pesti lent heresyes yea and that wetingly which is the synne agenste the holygoste / whiche when all sinnes (be thei ryght greuous) shal be forgeuen / yet shall this your vngodly im piete be neuer forgeuen.

☞ You say that faith is thassewrāce ofWin. ix article. the ꝓmise of forgeuenes of sinnes

If faithe be that same certitude & asseweredGeorg Ioye. perswasion as Paul saith / asseweringe you of your iustificaciō / why thē adde you yowr vncertayne condicion wauering vpon your synfull works which as thei be vnstable vn­perfit and synne so can thei neuer make you a quyet and tranquill cōscience / nor certifye [Page xviij] you of your iustificacion / God so sayinge / Thou laborest in the multitud of thy nownIsa. lv [...] wayes and yet thoughtest thou them neuer enoughe. Adde no condicion on your behalf therfore (oh Win.) into your own condemp nacion. Christe neuer taught you to beleue vpon a condicion / but sayd simply and play­nely / Beleue and thou art saued. Adde notProue [...] xxx. to gods worde / lest ye be condempned far a lyar. Winch. tolde Martyn Bucere that he and his wolde not receyue the doctours as Win. wold / I coude bring Austen Hierom Origene and many other autentyk writers agenst himself / but let vs see whethir he wil beleue this one doctor saynt Ambrose / thus writinge vpon the fyrst pistle to the Corin­thes saying. This thing is cōstituted of god that whoso beleue in criste he is saued / with out any work / onely by faith / frely receiuīg the remission of his sinnes. What can be spo ken more plainly? Now make an ende win. and conclude your arrogant articles.

☞ A man being in dedly syn / may ha­ueWin. [...] article. grace to do the works of penāce wherby he may atayne to his iusti­ficacion.

And I saye the contrary. That a man beīgeGeorg Ioye. in dedlye synne may haue no grace to do the [Page] workes of penance / as I feare me it will be verifyed of Win. himself. But the lorde cō uerte him once so that all men maye see his open frutes of repentance for his greuouse persecucion of Christes membres and heare him openly with teares recantinge his false doctryn wherby he hath seduced many a sim ple soule. This is lo / his doctryne / A man muste do the works of penance before he be iustifyed and so by siche workes merite and deserue his iustificacion and forgeuenes of sinnes. Here thou seest (christen reader) that siche a man hathe no nede of christes death / but for siche men (saith paul) christe is deadeGala. ij in vayne.

Thus ye see the conclusion of his articles to be / That he may do wel before he be iusti fied. But (as I sayd before) it behowuethe a lerned diuine to conclude what ought to be done / and what god willith to be beleued by his manifeste worde / and not what Winch. may do by his own blynde reasoninge with out gods worde. He may do well by the gift of god (saith he) which is faith / ergo his faith goth before his well doing and his iustifica cion / and his good works must be thrust be­twixt bothe (if the▪ place be not to narow for them) so that he hauing his faith & his good [Page xix] works / is not as yet iustifyed nether by his faith nor by his good workes / for thei muste serue him but toward the atainmente to his iustificacion. Paul and Christe / ioyned faith and iustificacion euer inseparably togither: but this scismatyk iewisshe Hieroboam▪ de­uillishe diuider of all christē vnite wil thrust his good works betwixt them / not suffring faith to cleaueto immediatly herown obiec­te / euen the mercye of god promising remis­siō of sinnes in christs dethe. He wold thrust in here the works of penance before iustifi­cacion / which thing how folisshe it is ye shal see. Firste / ye knowe that penance must go before her workes as is the tree before her frutes. Penance is a turning to god / wher­byPenāc [...] of the syncere feare of god a mā humbled acknowlegeth his sinne / and [...]o all his whol lyfe he maketh newe. Who turneth to god / but he fyrst beleue and knowth god for chri­stes sake to be so mercyfull vnto him that at his turninge to him he receiuethe him & for­geueth him his sinnes? which faith & know­lege what els is it then his iustificaciō / god the father so affirminge it in his prophet I­saye sayinge. In the knowlege of him / thiscap. liij. euē my seruant shall iustifie many. Here ye see that this knowlege and faithe iustifyeth [Page] before the workes of penance ar done. For God is known in christe ere we turn to him of the whiche turninge to god there folowe the frutes of repentance in doinge them all owr lyfe longe / as to feare god / to humble owr selfe / to confesse our sinnes to him and to renewe owr lyues mortifyinge continu­allye owr flesshe.

Nowe let vs see the order of owr iustifica cion before god according to the scriptures. Firste (saith Paul) we are chosen of God inEphe. i Elecciō vocaciō Faith. christe before the foundacion of the worlde was layed / And when we be borne anew of the spirit we ar called to receiue faith Ioan. i and .i. Ioā. v. which gifte of faith certifyeth vs of our eleccion / geuing vs the knowlegeKnow­lege. of god the father in / and by Christe. Which knowlege / as nothing can be sayd breifly er so is there nothing more excellent / sweter / more full and perfit / holsomer / more comforIustifi­cacion. table and ioyouse. For when I knowe god the father in criste / by the holygost / I know these .iij. persons to be the onelye one God / the most highe goodnes / hauing his be [...]ge of himself & all other creatures to haue their being lyfe and mouing of him / euē that o [...]e alone my very liuinge God for me and for all sufficiente / mercyfull / benigne / louing / [Page xx] almighty to me / my deliuerer defender and keper / long suffring / iuste trwe / my present sauiour and forgeuer of my synnes / geuing me frely for christes sake eternal life and be­atitude. In this knowlege of my celestial fa­ther am I fermely perswaded / Christe Iesu his onely so [...]ne bothe god & man to be sente for my sake into this world to be that anoin ted Messias kinge & preiste / to be my gouer ner / deliuerer / aue [...]ger / defender / my head / redemer by his passion / mediatour / my clen singe sacrifice once for me and for all faith­full for euer offerd vp on the crosse / my one­ly intercessour now into heuē ascended / my holines / myne expiacion / my rightwisenes / helth / way / life / and satisfaccion satisfying [...] my fathers iustice for my sinnes neuer to be imputed to me for my onely faiths sake day­ly iustifying & absoluing me / continually reIustifi­cacion. [...]ing me with his holy spirit / anoyntinge me withe the grace of the holygost: so that nows I by his mercye & grace being in chri­steGood workes his ele [...]t might walk dayly i [...] good wor­kes pleas [...]ge my celestial father. [...]nto this knowlege and bel [...]if he calleth all his chosē:Ro. vi [...] and .i. Psam. xviij. for whom he hathe forse [...]e predestined & cho sen / them hathe he called by his worde & cre­acion of this worlde vnto this faith & know­lege [Page] / [...] whom he thus called / the same hathe he iustifyed / and whō he hath iustified them [...]ath he gloryfied. Thus we elect called and renated of the spirit know the fathir in chri­ste and we know christe by the father which knowlege and faith draweth vs to loue god and to kepe his precepts gladlye. Thus to [...]o. xvij know the father in christe and christe in him is lyfe eternal. Out of this plētuous know­lege iustifying vs as I saye saith springethe repentance for here the synner prayeth god to conuerte him saying with Ieremye / lor­de conuerte me and I shall be conuerted / for thou lorde arte my God / wherfore as soneIerem. [...]. as thou shalt conuerte me I shal repent me and anone as thou makest me to knowe my sinnes I shal smyte my hand vpō my hippe. Nowe tell vs / Win. / who is the autor of re pentance▪ or is repentance before faith iusti­fyinge or no▪ There is no man hauinge this knowlege and faith in God thorowe christe but he will anō with the publica [...]e falldow­ne smyting his hande vpon his breste say [...]g lorde haue mercy vpon me a sinner. In this knowlege we see owr sinnes buried in chri­stes wowndes / & nomore in the stonney ta­bles for anger caste of that most mylde Mo ses agenst the grownde altobrokē. We fel [...] [Page xxi] them by owr faith forgeuē in christs dethe & owrselues iustified by his resurreccion / our hertes set at peace and rest with god in chri­ste dead for owr sinnes and rysen agene for our iustificacion. Which merciable goodnes whoso beholdeth in christe crucifyed / he can not but of loue vnto god in christe lament & be heuye in herte that euer he shuld cōmitte siche greuous sinnes which could not be for­geuē without the blode shedīge of that most innocent and immaculate lombe sufferinge for his enimies / which loue as it is vnspeak­able / so is it incōparable. A mā (saith Paul)Ro. v. will s [...]ante dye willingly when he must ne­dis and iustly dye / but perchaūce will putte himselfe in perell of dethe for his goodes to be saued / or the mother to saue hir childe &c. But god / he commendeth his loue towerd vs / in that whē we were sinners criste wold dye for vs / miche more therfore now we be­inge iustified in his blode / shalbe preserued by him from wrathe. What faithfull herte towched with this incomparable loue out of faith & knowlege / is not humbled with fear and confession of his sinnes to god / & is not heuye and repentante detesting his sinnes saying? Shal I any more commit that thing whiche hath brought this my so louing a sa­uiour [Page] to so shamefull and painful a passion? This is our faith which cleaneth te the most certain promise of god / and not to Win. wa­uering [...]o. iiij. vnstable condiciō. This is owr faith and substancial certitude the most f [...]rme per swasion / without any wauering / of the mer ciable free fogeuenes and gracious absoluci on of our sinnes by the promise of our fathir celestiall in christs bloude: and hath her own proper correllatiue the promyse of god euer correspondent / and not Winchesters know lege of the fulfulfilling of his cōdiciō. This is the forme of owr iustificaciō by faith one­ly which attributeth all glory to god as did Abraham and his childerne and as many as haue vnfainedlye receiued christes gospell. But let win▪ worke on still his wyked wor­kes vnto that tainment of his pharisaical iu­stificacion before men vntil the axe now bēt vnto his rotis / he be sodenly smytendowne of god. For Passur must be turned (as Ier [...] Ier [...]. xx mye saith) into Pauor / his arrogante vpcli­minge and extolling of himselfe aboue god must haue a shamefull soden fearfull fall. These arrrogāt articles / may be well called the false articles of Winchesters false faith / and not of christes faith. For Christe cōfir­ [...]ed his articles euermore with the lawe & [Page xxij] phetes / but Winch. bringeth not one worde of god for him to proue his. Wherfore lette them be his owne articles armed withe his own prowd autorite. For we may not bele­ue him thus exaltinge himself aboue christ [...] whiche euer alledged the scriptures for his doctryne to be confirmed / we may not bele­ue my lorde Vicare generall for his hyghe lordly supcilious pharisaical lookis. Wher­fore if this Gardiner will seme to be lerned let him answere now with gods worde and not dispute with pore mē in his fetters and presons with his finnisshe threatis fyery fa­gettes presoning and persecutinge the pore innocont membres of christe for weldoing / purely frely and faithfully preaching gods worde / casting of his blodhowndes into eue ry cytie and towne to hunte oute the christē simple sely flock [...] of chryst / as he of late ma­de William Castelyn Gouerner of the mer chaunt aduenterers at Anwerpe / cheifly to h [...]te oute siche as purely and frelye wryts and set forth bokes vnto the glory of god e­difying of christes chirche and to warn men of Win. false doctrine. For this Gouerne [...] of other men / whiche coulde neuer well go­uerne himselfe / is more meate to rowe in a galey or to holde the plough thē to gouern [Page] so worshiple and honeste a companye. But the lord [...]is a lyue and heareth of these MoIerem. xlviij. abites pryde & blode thirsting / he seeth their secrete wiked counsels and heareth their bo­sting prowde crackes / their supercilious ar­rogancye is well knowne vnto me saith the lorde: but yet for all their lucifery [...]e pride promotinge and extollinge themselues and one an other to serue their traitourouse tur­nes and mutuall mischeif / yet shall thei ne­uer bringe aboute their wiked enforcemēts. For it is God that deposeth siche mighty [...] [...]uke .i mischeuouse from their seates and exaltethe the humble / It is the lorde that skaterethe their wiked counsels and trappeth them in their own pryde and blody cogitaciōs. But let all christen Kinges and Princes beware how thei geu [...] their swerde into siche popis­she prelates handes leste the innocent blode be required of god at their handis / to whom be prayse for euer Amen.

Trwthe it is / that he which knoweth ne­ther the father nor christe shall neuer beleue Christe to be an hole perfit and sufficient sa­uiour & forgeuer of sinnes / but he shal wyn­de in this croked condicion of Winc. and di­uide his iustificaciō parte (if he geu [...] not all) to workes / & parte to god / as did the Iewes [Page xxiij] and nowe the Turkes and siche like heithen miscreaunts which neuer knewe god the fa ther in / and by Christe. Yea thei shall deuise and imagyn in their own opiniōs (for trwe faith haue thei none) siche workes for gods honour as themselues thinke to make most for a great Kinges honour / as to be accom­panied with many men and fetched in with many torches and candels at none daye ligh ted to him / whiche is the very lighte it selfe / These blinde worshipers will make god an image therby to worship him / which idolla­trye the seconde commandement vtterly for biddeth. Thei will worship him with golde / perle / precious stones veluete clothe of gol­de &c. Thei sence singe and ring him in with belles as thei were wont to do the bisshops. Thei pype him vp with orgaynes / & all the costly pleasant externe rytes and ceremoni­es as sencings processions that can be deui­sed for to please great mē ▪ thei vse the same to worship god with all / when Christe sayd God my father is a spirit and in spirit andIoā. iiij▪ trweth wil he be worshiped. Yea these worl delye wyked blinde Bisshops ar so farre ca­ste awaye and for their wikednes turned vp of god into theirowne hertes lustes / & into a reprobate dāp [...]ed mynde that thei knowe [Page] not god fro mā mortall. Oh good god what mynde may this be. Verely Paul expresseth [...]om. i. it and the cause why god worthelye thus ca­steche them vp / sayinge. Whatsoeuer men oughte to knowe of god / the same hath god shewed them / as his almighty power & god­hed: yea and that by the creacion and creatu­res of the worlde if thei wolde diligentlye & humbly loke vpon and expend them / so that thei be without excuse of any ignorāce. But when God had geuen Winche. this know­lege of him / thē yet he worshiped nor glori­fied him not as god / but as he wold worship any other worldlye prince with owtward [...] rytes and ceremonies / nether dothe he geue him thankes / but sheweth his own vayn cu­riosite and curiouse vainite in his owne rea­soninge and disputinge for gods moste glo­riouse honour / in somiche that he hath now blindened his own ignorāt herte / and whe­rein he thought to haue done moste wiselye for gods worship and glorye / there doth he moste folislye and cruellye / shewinge him­selfe a verye foole (as Paul saith) turninge vp the worship of god incorruptible thorow his owne imaginacions to worship him af­tir his own fonde deuises. And for this cau se hath God thus caste him vp thorowe his [Page xxliij] owne hertes lustis into almauer prodigiou­se and beas [...]lye fylthines receiuing into him selfe the worthey rewarde of his owne er­roure. And forbecause (saith Paul) he dothe sette at naught so presente knowlege of god nowe opened vnto him and to all other that will embrace Christe and his word / therfo­re dothe God turne him vp into this detesta ble opinion of his owne false iustificacion [...] into so lothelye and abhominable reprobate bloudye mynde / that in presoninge / persecu tinge / faget [...]ing / burninge and staying the trwe professours and prechers of gods holyIo. xvi. word / he shall (as Christe saith) seme to him selfe and siche lyke to do god highe worship and by the fulfillinge of siche wyked wor­kes euen his owne condicion / to atayne to his owne iustificacion before the deuill the prince of this worlde / his antichristē Pope of Rome / Cardinals / preistes &c / whose vi­care generall worthelye and iustlye he yet playeth vp and downe. And all this (saithe Christe) shall this vicare generall do to you because he knowe the nether my father nor [...]ne. This is that reprobate mynde into whi­che this Gardener is now turned vp of god which dampned minde he declareth saying. Woo be to them that saye that thinge to beIsay. v▪ [Page] euill which thei knowe to be good / and that to be good which thei know to be euill. The Lorde preserue his chirch from siche a vicare generall. Christe kepe euerye Diocese from sithe a Bisshop. The holye Goste teche all christen Prynces to beware of siche a cownseller.

So be it.