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The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead…The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade…
The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead their life, & fruitfully to spend their time unto the glory of God & the health of their own souls. Newly corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade their lyfe, & fruitfully to spend their time vnto the glorye of God & the health of their owne soules. Newlye corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566
London: printed by John Day, 1566London: printed by Iohn Day, 1566
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
☞ This name Mediator, proveth Christ both God and man. For he that should be a mediator between God and man, set them at one y• were at debate, make peace among them that before did disagree, and conjoin them to perpetual amity, which before were enemies one to another, yea and by his own dignity, worthiness and justice, make a love day for ever and ever, between God and man, must have in him both the nature of God and the nature of man. Christ is that one and alone mediator, which hath by his death ad passion set God and man together in an everlasting peace and quietness, which before through sin we are at strife and debate. As Christ therefore is true God, so is he true man, God I say, of God the father, and man of us, of our flesh and of our blood, or else should blessed Paul err, which calleth him a mediator▪ But let God be true, & all heretics liars.
☞ This name Mediatour, proueth Christ both God and man. For he that should be a mediator betwene God and man, set them at one y• were at debate, make peace among them that before dyd disagree, and conioyne them to perpetual amitie, which before were ennemies one to another, yea and by hys owne dignitie, worthinesse and iustice, make a loue day for euer and euer, betwene God and man, must haue in hym both the nature of God and the nature of man. Christ is that one and alone mediatour, which hath by his death ad passion set God and man together in an euerlasting peace and quietnes, which before thorowe sinne we are at strife and debate. As Christ therfore is true God, so is he true man, God I say, of God the father, and man of vs, of our flesh and of our bloud, or els should blessed Paule erre, which calleth hym a mediatour▪ But let God be true, & all heretikes liers.
☞ Finally, in his epistle unto the Hebrews, after that he had spoken much of the divine nature of Christ, proving Christ to be very god, he also setteth forth Christs humanity, and pro ueth him to be true and natural man, made of our flesh and of our blood, this alone excepted, y we received our nature with sin, and in sin and by natural conjunction, Christ received his humanity of his mother without sin, without the company of any man by the operation of the holy ghost. But let us hear the words of the Apostle.