A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull.: Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same.Vermigli, Pietro Martire
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A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull.: Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same.
Vermigli, Pietro Martire
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800
If a man come to me / and hate not his father / and mother / and
wyfe / and childrẽ / and brethern / and systers / yea and his
own lyfe also / he can not be my disciple. And whosoeuer doth
not beare his crosse and comme after me / can not be my
disciple. They truly which haue beene content to beare this ioke
of the lords / haue neither lost themselues / yea thoughe they
haue beene slayne of persequatours / nor yet their familie /
which they dyd leaue in trobles and penurie of thinges. For by
teachinge of experience and witnessing of histories / we haue
lerned / that Godd by such miracles as haue beene done at the
graues of martirs hathe witnessed / that they which wer killed /
wer not loste but saued, that they wer not deade but lyuing.
Furthermore we cã not say nay but that Godd hathe blessed the
families of such slayne martirs / and that he hath moued the
hartes of goode men which haue receyued thos abiects and
miserable persõs into their custodie / so that they wanted
nothinge. Besids this the godly do knowe that in this world they
must honger / and that they must be exercised with diuers
aduersities / that they may be made like vnto the image of
Christ who was himself in all pointes tempted for vs /
[[Heb. 4.]]
lyke as we are / but yet without synne. But now this remaynith
as yet to be discussed / which theis men do take as for an
oracle / and most euidẽt truithe.
[[Wether it sufficith to kepe faith in the harte, and not
confesse it with mouthe.]]
That it is sufficient if a mã do keape the true faithe in his
harte / and that ther is no farther neade of outward
confession / through which thow shuldest be drowned in the deape
of afflictions. Yf it doth suffice to beleaue in harte / and the
confession with the mowthe seme not necessarie / wherfor I praye
you Hath the lorde sayed? Euery one which confessithe me before
Men. &c. Beholde he saythe before Men. But faith which stickith
still in the harte is not brought forth before men. Yea it is
not to be called a confession / when faith doth lurcke in the
hart. For Confession doth properly bringe forth that which dyd
lye hidden wythin. The Apostle therfor taking from vs all doubt
in this controuersie.
[[Rom. 10.]]
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