Co[m]mon places of Scripture ordrely and after a co[m]pendious forme of teachyng set forth with no litle labour, to the gret profit and help of all such studentes in Gods worde as haue not had longe exercyse in the same, by the ryghte excellent clerke Eras. Sarcerius ; translated in to Englysh by Rychard Tauerner.
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Co[m]mon places of Scripture ordrely and after a co[m]pendious forme of teachyng set forth with no litle labour, to the gret profit and help of all such studentes in Gods worde as haue not had longe exercyse in the same, by the ryghte excellent clerke Eras. Sarcerius ; translated in to Englysh by Rychard Tauerner.
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Sarcerius, Erasmus, 1501-1559.
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in the yere of our Lorde God M.CCCCC.xxxviii [1538]
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Of the gospell. CA XXI.
THe gospell is a preachynge of re∣pentaunce
and ••orgeuenes of syn∣nes
in Chrystes name.
¶This diffiuicyon is made of y• partes
of the gospel & appeareth by the word{is}
of Chryst where after his resurrectiō be
sayd to his disciples. Thus it is wryten
& thus it behoued Chryst to suffre & to
tyse agayn from deth the .iii. day, & that
repentaunce & remissyō of synnes sholde
be preached in his name amonges al na¦tyons.
&c. Chryst is the persō for whose
sake repentaunce is preached & for whō
forgeuenes of synnts chaunceth.
THE cause of the gospell disclosed is
y• mercy of god by whiche god {pro}mysed
thē glad tydynges to mākynd cōcernīge
Chryst. This caus y• apostle otherwhies
calleth y• acceptable pleasure of god, o∣therwhyles
grace. The {pro}myse also may
be y• cause of y• gospel accordynge to the
sayng of P. put a parte to preach y• gos∣pel
of god which he {pro}mysed afore, &c.
Hither vnto belong also such places of
scripture as cōteyn the {pro}myse of y• gos∣pel
which first was made to Adā & after¦warde
to Abrahā & so by lytle & lytle of
tētymes afterward to the holy fathers.
Chryst is the meane or {per}sō ī whom god
hath promysed the gospel to mākynde,
& in whom it was fyrst reueled & disclo∣sed
at the tyme appointed y• god had set
with hīselfe & determyned y• thorough
hym in hym and for hym sholde be offe∣red
to all y• beleue forgyuenes of sinnes
which is the very effecte of the gospell.
The holy ghost lightneth to the gospel
which was promysed in Chryst & nowe
opened. Nowe mans nature oppressed.
wt syn & deth for the fall of Adam was
y• occasiō of y• gospel fyrst promysed & af¦terwarde
disclosed. This occasyon is o∣pened
in the .iii. chap. of Genesis, where
euen in the very synnes the gospell is
promysed to Adam.
¶There be .ii. partes of the gospel repē¦taunce
& remyssyon of synnes, temyssyō
of synnes is the {pro}pre parte of y• gospel,
repētaunce the meane & entraunce of re¦missyō.
For in repētaūce is knoweleged
the syn which knowē the synner is occa¦sioned
to fle to Christ as to a phisiciō for
whome synnes be forgyuē. And for this
cause Chryst begīneth his preachyng wt
puokyng mē to repentaunce as it is red
in Math. From that tyme Iesus began
to preach & say repent ye, the kyngdom
of heuē is at hand. Also in Marke. The
tyme is fulfylled and the kyngdome of
god is at hand repent ye and beleue the
gospell. Not that it is the propre office
of Chryste to preache repentaunce but
he repeteth the doctryne of Iohan con∣cernyng
penaūce to thyntent he myght
cōtyrme the same▪ & also that we might
know that by the knowlegyng of oure
synnes which in repētaūce doth chaūce
we haue intraunce & accesse to Chryste.
¶Theffectes of the gospell be takē cō∣monly
out of ye partes & thinges incidēt
to the gospell, which folow remissiō of
synnes as y• propre effectes of y• gospell
which be these. To preche repentaunce.
This effecte is certayne of thexemple of
Chryste whiche began his prechynge wt
repētaunce. Also of thexemple of Iohn̄
Baptyst the messenger & runner before.
This effect also must necessarily go be∣fore,
bicause without p̄achyng of repē∣taunce,
there is no occasyon to come to
remissy on of synnes / for repentaunce is
in maner y• cause of fayth, as here after
shall be declared. which obteyneth for∣gyuenes.
Item to prech remissiō of sin̄es
in Christ / for y• promyse of y• gospel was
made in Chryst & disclosed in Chryst, for
¶Also these effectes. To preache iustify∣cacion
in Christ, and that our reconsili∣acion
with god the father is in Christe
To preache that we be rightous and
wel takē of god the father for Christes
sake. To preache the giuinge of the
holye ghost, and of the euerlastinge life
in Christ. To teach that y• conscience is
in rest and quyet through Christ, as wit¦nesseth
Paule, we haue pear towardes
god by our Lord Iesu Christ. To teach
y• we please god for no workes or meri∣tes
of oure owne, but onely for Chryst.
And this is y• very true lyberty of y• gos¦pel,
to know yt we be reconcyled & made
at one wt god through Christ although
we satisfy not y• law. Hither pertayne y•
places of y• scripture which be concer∣ning
the promyse of y• new couenaunte
〈◊〉〈◊〉 testament as Ieremy. 31. Ezechi. 35. &c.
To teache y• true worship of god true
faith & feare which worship was almost
out of vse & lost by reason of y• humane
& pharisaical cōstitucions, as y• prophet{is}
euery where complayne.
¶These effectes be vniuersall & franke
euen as the gospel is a franke promise &
uniuersall. But yt theffectes of y• gospel
chaunce not to al mē is bicause al mē be¦leue
not. For faith is the meane wherby
theffectes of the gospel be purchased.
¶Cōtraryes to y• gospel be these. To a••¦fyrme
that the promyse of the gospel is
perticuler whiche errour is reproued by
manye places of scripture as Math xi. ••.
Tim•• .ii. To say the gospell was kno∣wen
to nature, Agaynst whiche erroure
Paule alone is sufficient declaring that
it was hid & at last releued & opened 〈◊〉〈◊〉
god aboue. To affirme that the fathers
in the olde testement had an other gos∣pel
promised than we haue now which
erroure maye partly be confuted by the
place of Paule .i. Cor. x. where be saith
that all the fathers dranke of the spi∣rituall
rocke and the rocke was Christe
If therfore the fathers dranke of Christ
Ergo they had also y• gospel knowne be
•• spir••te, ī which Christ, was {pro}mysed.
To cōtēde y• y• gētiles had y• law of na∣ture
ī stede of y• gospel, y• Iues y• law of
Moses & christē mē y• gospell of Christe,
but this erroure, isopē sith by y• testimo∣nyes
of scripture it is euidēt y• ther hath
ben alwayes one & the same gospel from
the begīning to which who soeuer hath
giuē credite & faith haue ben saued. To
affirme that the gospell do promyse for¦giuenes
of sin{is} vnto such also as doubt.
To say the gospel doth promyse forgiue¦nes
of sinnes, condicionallye yf it be pur¦chased
with workes. To saye the gospel
promyseth remission of synnes to ydle
personnes whiche withoute any true
mocion of mynde and withoute faythe
take it. To graunt that any man can be
beleue the gospell without the callinge
& lyghteninge of the holy ghost. To de∣nye
the gospell to be a franke promise.
To denye theffectes of the gospell fre∣ly
to chaunce without y• and or respecte
of workes. To saye theffectes of the gos¦pell
do chaunce partelye by faith partly
by oure workes. To saye the promise of
the gospell must be measured by prede∣stinacion
& not of it selfe. To dreame y•
the gospell is onely preached by the spi¦rite
in the herte and that there nede not
any outwarde preaching & ministracion
of the worde contrary to the doctryne
of thapostle. To saye theffectes of the
gospell do chaunce without faithe. To
preache one parte of the gospel without
the other as repentaūce without remis∣sion
of sinnes, or on the contrarye part.
remyssion of sinnes without repentaūce
to make mē ydle & careles by ouermoch
preachīg of remission of sinnes not ones
touching repentaunce y• other part of y•
gospel. To graunt that without prea∣ching
of repentaunce, the gospell maye
be rightly receyued. To affirme that for¦gyuenes
of sinnnes is had without pe∣naunce.
I call penaunce the true fearing
or broosing of ye consciēce & the acknow¦leging
of sin{is}. For the conscience beyng
thus made afrayd & striken downe to ye
grounde by the knowlege of synnes ta∣keth
first an occasion to draw nere vnto
Christ by fayth and to receyue at his hā¦des
remyssion of synnes Item to saye
the gospell for this cause preacheth pe∣naunce
that remyssion of sinnes sholde
be gyuen for our workes sake or for our
owne worthynes. This errour I haue
debated & refuted in the handlyng of ye
partes of the gospell.