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¶ Against Purgatory and Pardons.

COme and now let vs reason together, saith* 1.1 the Lorde, though youre synnes were as Crimsin, they shall bee made white as Snowe, though they were red like Scar∣let, thei shall be as Weell.

No man vnderstandeth that the righte∣ous* 1.2 is taken away from the euill to come.

Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beddes, euerie* 1.3 one that walketh before hym.

I, euen I, am he that putteth awaie thine iniquities, for* 1.4 mine owne sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.

Pourge me with Isope, and I shall be cleane: washe mée,* 1.5 and I shall be whiter then Snowe.

As high as the heauen is aboue the earth, so greate is hys* 1.6 mercie towarde theim that feare hym.

As farre as the East is from the Weast, so farre hath he re∣moued* 1.7 our synnes from vs.

When the wicked turneth awaie from hys wickednes* 1.8 that he hath committed, and doeth that whiche is lawfull and right, he shall saue his soule aliue.

Bicause he considereth, and turneth awaie from all hys* 1.9 transgressions that he hath committed, hee shall surely liue, and shall not die.

I will redéeme them from the power of the Graue: I will* 1.10 deliuer them frō death: O death, I will be thy death: O graue, I will be thy destruction: repentaunce is hid from mine eies.

The liuyng knowe that thei shall die, but the dead knowe* 1.11 nothyng at all: neither haue they any more rewarde, for their remembraunce is forgotten.

Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe* 1.12 perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is doen vnder the Sunne.

And if the Tree doeth fall towarde the South, or towarde* 1.13 the North, in the place that the Trée falleth, there shall it be.

The Soules of the righteous are in the hande of God, and* 1.14 no torment shall touche them.

In the sight of the vnwise they appeared to die, and their* 1.15 ende was thought gréeuous.

And their departyng from vs, destruction, but they are in* 1.16 peace.

Defraude not thy selfe of the good daie, and let not the por∣tion* 1.17 of the good desires ouerpasse thee.

Giue and take & sanctifie thy soule, worke thou righteous∣nesse* 1.18 before thy death, for in the hel there is no meate to finde.

Commaunde therefore that I may be dissolued out of this* 1.19 distresse, and goe into the euerlastyng place.

Enter in at the streicte Gate: for it is the wide gate, and* 1.20 br•…•…ade waie that leadeth to destruction.

Bicause the Gate is streicte and the waie narrowe, that* 1.21 leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.

He that blasphemeth against the holy ghoste, shall neuer* 1.22 haue forgiuenesse, but is culpable of eternall damnation.

And these shall goe into euerlastyng paine, and the righte∣ous* 1.23 into life euerlastyng.

And beyng in Hell tormentes, he lifte vp his eyes, and saw* 1.24 Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome.

Besides all this, betweene you and vs there is a greate* 1.25 Gulfe set, so that they whiche woulde goe from hence to you, can not, neither can thei come from thence to vs.

And he saied vnto Iesus, Lorde remember mée, when thou* 1.26 commest into thy kingdome.

Then Iesus saide vnto him, verely I saie vnto thee, to daie* 1.27 shalte thou be with mee in Paradise.

And Iesus cried with a lowde voice, and saied, father into* 1.28 thy handes I commende my spirite, and when he had thus saied, he gaue vp the ghoste.

He that beleeueth in hym, shall not be condemned: but he* 1.29 that beleueth not, is condemned already, bicause he beleeueth not in the name of the onely begotten sonne of God.

He that beleeueth in the sonne, hath euerlastyng life, and* 1.30 he that obeyeth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on hym.

Uerely verely, I saie vnto you, he that heareth my words,* 1.31 and beleueth in hym that sent mee, hath euerlastyng life, and shall not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death to life.

Thei shall come foorth that haue doen good, vnto the resur∣rection* 1.32 of life: but they that haue doen euill, vnto the resurre∣ction of condemnation.

Father, I will that they whiche thou hast giuen mee, bee* 1.33 with mee euen where I am, that thei may beholde my glory whiche thou haste giuen mee: for thou louest mee before the foundation of the worlde.

And thei stoned Stephen, who called on God, and said, lorde* 1.34 Iesus, receiue my spirite.

Now there is no damnation to theim that are in Christe* 1.35 Iesus, whiche walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.

While we haue therfore tyme, let vs doo good vnto al men.* 1.36

Christe is to mee both in life and in death aduantage.* 1.37

Desiryng to be loosed and to be with Christe whiche is best* 1.38 of all.

I would not brethren, haue you ignoraunte, concernyng* 1.39 theim whiche are a sleepe, that ye sorowe not, euen as other which haue no hope.

I haue fought the good fight, and haue finished my course, I* 1.40 haue kept the faith.

From henceforth is laied vp for mee the crowne of righte∣ousnes,* 1.41 and not to mée onely, but vnto all theim also that loue his appearyng.

How muche more the blood of Christe, whiche through the* 1.42 eternall spirite offred hymself without spot to God, to pourge your consciences from dead workes, to serue the liuyng God.

It is appoincted vnto men, that they shall once die, and af∣ter* 1.43 that commeth the iudgement.

The blood of Iesus Christe his sonne, pourgeth vs from all* 1.44 our synnes.

I harde a voice from heauen, saiyng vnto mée, write: Bles∣sed* 1.45 are the dead which hereafter die in the Lorde, e•…•…en so saith the spirite: for they rest from their labours, and their workes followe theim.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Esaie. 1. 18.
• * 1.2

  Chap. 57. 1.
• * 1.3

  2.
• * 1.4

  Chap. 43. 25.
• * 1.5

  Psal. 51. 7.
• * 1.6

  Psal. 103. 11.
• * 1.7

  12.
• * 1.8

  Ezechi. 1•…•…. 27.
• * 1.9

  28.
• * 1.10

  Hosea. 13. 1•…•….
• * 1.11

  Eccle. 9. 5.
• * 1.12

  6.
• * 1.13

  Chap. 11. 3.
• * 1.14

  wisedom. 3. •…•….
• * 1.15

  2.
• * 1.16

  3.
• * 1.17

  Eccle. 14. 14.
• * 1.18

  16.
• * 1.19

  Toby. 3. 6.
• * 1.20

  Math. 7. 13.
• * 1.21

  14.
• * 1.22

  Marke. 3. 29.
• * 1.23

  Math. 25. 46.
• * 1.24

  Luke. 16. 23.
• * 1.25

  26.
• * 1.26

  Chap. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 42.
• * 1.27

  43.
• * 1.28

  46.
• * 1.29

  Iohn. 3. 1•…•….
• * 1.30

  36.
• * 1.31

  Chap. 5. 24.
• * 1.32

  29.
• * 1.33

  Chap. 17. 24.
• * 1.34

  Actes. 7. 59.
• * 1.35

  Rom. 8. 1.
• * 1.36

  Galath. 6. 10.
• * 1.37

  Philip. 1. 21.
• * 1.38

  22.
• * 1.39

  1. Thess. 4. 13.
• * 1.40

  2. Timo. 4. 7.
• * 1.41

  8.
• * 1.42

  Hebre. 9. 14.
• * 1.43

  27.
• * 1.44

  1. Iohn. 1. 7.
• * 1.45

  Reuel. 14. 13.