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.

¶Probacions.

As y^• hast gyuē vnto him power ouer* 1.1 euery flesh & all which y^• hast gyuē vnto him y^• he may gyue vnto thē euerlasting lyfe. Now this is the euerlasting lyfe y^• they shold know y^• only to be y^• true god & whō thou hast sene Iesus chryst. The rest of the diffiniciō {pro}ueth thapostle Pe¦ter in ••is first epistle. ca. i. Blessed be god the father of our lord Iesus christ whi∣che through his aboūdan̄t mercy begate vs agayn vnto a lyuely hope by the re∣surrectiō of Ies•• christ frō deth, to enioy an īheritaūce īmortall & vndefyled & vn¦perysshable reserued in heauen for you which are kept by the power of god tho¦row fayth vn to saluaciō which is p̄pa∣red alredy to be shewed ī the last tyme whē ye shal reioyse, though nowe for a seasō, yfnede requyre, ye are in heuynesse thrugh manifold tēptaciōs, y^• your faith ones beīg moch more p̄cyous thē gold y^t perissheth, though it be tryed with fyre, myght be foūde vnto prayse, glory, & ho∣nour,* 1.2 at the appering of Iesus christ. &c. Also thapostle Paule, sayth: we se now in a glasse euen in darke speakynge but then shall we se face to face.

Theffectes of euerlastīg lyfe appeare also ī other places euery where ī scryp∣ture, as apoc. 21. 2 pet. 3. Esa. 36. 63. 66. &

they ought to be gathered by the cōtra∣ry of theffectes of euerlastyng punissh∣ment which abydeth for the vngodly.

The cause of euerlastīg life is y^• {pro}mis* 1.3 of god. For bicause god hath {pro}mysed e∣uerlastīg lyfe to suche as bilyue in christ therfore they receyue it. Therfore also y^• apostle calleth euerlastyge lyfe y^• gyft of god,* 1.4 & in the fourth cha. to y^• Ro. he ascri¦beth the inherytaūce not to the law but to the {pro}myse. Christ is the {per}sō for whō god hath {pro}mysed eternal life & for whō it is gyuē according to this of chryst.* 1.5 Ue¦rily verily I saye vnto you he y^• heareth mi wordes & biliueth on hī y^• sēt me hath euerlastīg lyfe, & shal not come in to dā∣naciō but is eskaped frō deth vnto lyfe. Itē, Chryst gyueth euerlastynge lyfe to suche as cleaue vnto him by fayth accor¦ding to this.* 1.6 All whom thou hast gyuen vnto him he shal gyue them eternal lyfe To these causes maye also fayth be ad∣ded. For fayth taketh holde of Chryste, and so iustificacyon ensueth: but vnto iustificacyon is eternall lyfe annexed.

Eternall lyfe is not cut in to partes* 1.7 but the scrypture calleth lyfe eternall one certayne and perpetuall ioye in a newe heauen and a newe erth in which the godlye shall be euerlastynglye with god and shal worshyp god according to

Esay the prophete:* 1.8 And all flesshe shall come to worshyp before my face.

¶Theffectes of eternal lyfe be takē chef¦ly of y^• cōmodities and ioyes ensuyng in* 1.9 the lyfe to come, & be these: To haue e∣ternal ioyes. For in the euerlastyng lyfe shall cease all waylyng, all sorow, final¦ly all afflictiōs & sadnesse. Apoc. 21. And god shal wype a way euery teare frome theyr eyes.* 1.10 To ioy & reioyse euerlastyng¦ly.* 1.11 To worship god perpetually not to fele any more syn, deth, & persecucions. For deth also shall be vtterly deuoured,* 1.12 & god shal wype away euery teare, as a fore I sayd. Certes these effectes & sem∣ble of eternal lyfe be far frō all vnder∣stāding of man. For euerlastynge lyfe is suche a thyng as is beyond y^• capacite of mā, & aboue al humane thinges.* 1.13 As also Chryst teacheth where he sayth y^• in the resurectiō of the deed,* 1.14 they shal neyther mary nor be gyuen in maryage (that is to say) no erthly nor carnall thyng shall be in the euerlastynge lyfe.* 1.15

¶Contraryes to eternall lyfe be these.* 1.16 To say there is any other more prīcipal cause of euerlastīg lyfe then y^• promyse made to y^• bilyuers in Christ.* 1.17 To graūte y^• euerlastīg lyfe chaūceth for our work{is} or merites.* 1.18 To say euerlastīg life is a du¦••eward for our workes. To say frō pur¦gatory

is y^• way to euerlasting lyfe.* 1.19 To hold y^• y^• wicked & the deuils shal ones at last come to euerlastynge lyfe, after they be ones sufficiently pourged. To drem, any carnall thynge of euerlastyng lyfe as of pypynge and dauncyng, of eating and drynkynge, of delicate fare. &c. To iudge of euerlastyng lyfe by natural rea¦son, leauyng the open worde of god.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ioh••. xv••••••
• * 1.2

  1. Corin. xiii.d
• * 1.3

  Causes.
• * 1.4

  Roma. vi.
• * 1.5

  Iohn. v.••
• * 1.6

  Iohn. xvii.
• * 1.7

  Partes.
• * 1.8

  Esay. lxvi.
• * 1.9

  Effectes
• * 1.10

  Esaye. lxv.••••
• * 1.11

  Esaie. xxv.
• * 1.12

  Apoca. xxi.b
• * 1.13

  Math. xxii.c
• * 1.14

  Luc. xx.d
• * 1.15

  Mar••. xii.
• * 1.16

  Contraryes
• * 1.17

  Papisticall
• * 1.18

  Popishe er∣rours
• * 1.19

  The errour of the Ana∣baptistes