A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.
About this Item
Title
A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium.
Author
Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541.
Publication
[[London] :: Imprinted [by S. Mierdman] for Gwalter Lynne, dwellyng vpon Somers kaye, by Byllinges gate. In the yeare of oure Lorde. M.D.XLVIII. And they by to be solde at Poules churche yarde at the north doore, in the signe of the Bybell. By Richard Iugge,
[1548]]
Rights/Permissions
This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further information or permissions.
Subject terms
Apostles' Creed -- Early works to 1800.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10573.0001.001
Cite this Item
"A declararation [sic] of the twelue articles of the christen faythe with annotations of the holy scripture, where they be grounded in. And the righte foundation and principall comon places of the hole godly scripture, a goodly short declaration, to all Christians profitable and necessarye for to come to the right vnderstondynge of holy Scripture compyled for the commodite of al christen people. By D. Vrbanum Regium." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10573.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
Pages
Merites or Deseruynge.
Deseruinge is a proude worde, [ 47] when a man doth asscribe it vnto hym selfe, and boasteth that he hath done many meritorious workes, O lorde, seynge we can of oure selues thynke no good, why do we boaste oure sel∣ues of many deseruynges. What good soeuer we do, that worketh God in vs, he crowneth in vs his owne gyf¦te, he maketh his owne workes oure deseruynge, Thynke allwayes vn this sayenge in Luke,* 1.1 When ye haue done all those thinges whiche are cō∣maunded you, saye, we are vnprofita∣ble seruauntes, We haue done that whiche was oure duetye to do.
Christe is oure sauiour, and hath done all thinges for oure saluatiō, not for any lucre or deseruinge, but becau∣se it was the fathers pleasure. And so shoulde we do also, we shoulde not ser¦ue God for any lucre or profite, as the
descriptionPage [unnumbered]
seruauntes theyr maysters, but free as the chyldren theyr father of free lo¦ue, not thinkynge howe greate thyn∣ges we deserue, but howe wel we ple¦ase the good wyll of God.
* 1.2Deseruyng is not to do any good, to thintent, to deserue ought thereby, as the Seducers of soules haue tau∣ght hitherto, to the abhominable vn∣doynge and destruction of the worl∣de, but to deserue or to merite, that is, with a syngle herte, willyngly with∣oute respecte of rewarde or deseruin∣ge, to obeye the wyll of God, for loue seketh not her owne,* 1.3 as Paule sayth, But deseruynge and rewarde follo∣we and come of them selues, without oure sekynge, oute of the obedience, which I do to the godly wyll.