The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene · chunk 37 of 38
Wager, Lewis · published 1566 · first performed or written 1558 [c.1550-1566] (Annals) moral T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.81 · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
For God's sake sir, you and such as you be, Look upon this fellow by mine advise: For what he goth about all you may see, Yea you have had warning of him twice or thrice. All the multitude beginneth after him to run, You see him and know his doctrine and opinion, If you suffer him till more people he hath won, Strangers shall come and take our dominion. Have you not heard his open blasphemy? The son of God he presumeth himself to name, The justice of the law he condemneth utterly, To suffer him to live will turn to your shame. It shall behove you to dog him from place to place, Note whether openly he teach such doctrine: If he do, accuse him before his face, For I will cause the bishops him to examine. And where as he willeth you us to expel, Calling us wicked nicknames at his pleasure, He goeth about to make you to rebel Against God & his laws, as he doth without measure For my part I will watch him so narrowly, That a word shall not scape me that doth sound Against you the fathers, that live so holily, But to accuse him for it a way shallbe found. Well the time of our evening service is at hand, We must departed, the sacrifice to prepare. If you depart, we may not here idle stand, For to wait upon you at all times ready we are. At my being here even now of late, It pleased my Lord Iesus of his great mercy To speak sentences here in my presence. Of the which I have no perfect intelligence, The first is: Many sins are forgiven her said he, Because she hath loved much, meaning me, I pray you most holy justification, Of this sentence to make a declaration. A question right necessary to be moved, For thereby many errors shall be reproved, It were a great error for any man to believe That your love did deserve that Christ should forgive Your sins or trespasses, or any sin at all: For so to believe is an error fanaticall. And how can your love desire forgiveness of your ill Seeing that the law it is not able to fulfil? The law thus commandeth as touching love: Thou shalt love thy Lord God as it doth behove, With all thy heart, with all thy soul, & with all thy strength, And thy neighbour as thyself. He saith also at length: There was never man borne yet that was able, To perform these precepts just, holy, and stable, Save only Iesus Christ, that lamb most innocent Which fulfilleth the law for such as are penitent: But love followeth forgiveness of sins evermore, As a fruit of faith, and goth not before, In that parable which unto you he recited, Wherein he declared your sins to be acquitted, He called you a debtor not able to pay.
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For Gods sake syr, you and such as you be, Looke vpon this felow by myne aduise: For what he goth about all you may see, Yea you haue had warnyng of hym twise or thrise. All the multitude beginneth after him to ronne, You see hym and know his doctrine and opinion, If you suffer hym till more people he hath wonne, Strangers shall come and take our dominion. Haue you not heard his open blasphemie? The sonne of God he presumeth him self to name, The Iustice of the lawe he condemneth vtterly, To suffer him to lyue will turne to your shame. It shall behoue you to dog him from place to place, Note whether openly he teache suche doctrine: If he doe, accuse hym before his face, For I will cause the byshops hym to examine. And where as he willeth you vs to expell, Callyng vs wicked nicknames at his pleasure, He goeth about to make you to rebell Against God & his lawes, as he doth without mesure For my part I wil watche hym so narowly, That a word shall not scape me that doth sounde Agaynst you the fathers, that liue so holyly, But to accuse hym for it a way shalbe found. Well the tyme of our euenyng seruice is at hand, We must depart, the sacrifice to prepare. If you depart, we may not here ydle stande, For to wayte vpon you at all tymes ready we are. At my beyng here euen now of late, It pleased my Lord Iesus of his great mercy To speake sentences here in my presence. Of the which I haue no perfect intelligence, The fyrst is: Many sinnes are forgiuen hir sayd he, Because she hath loued much, meanyng me, I pray you most holy Iustification, Of this sentence to make a declaration. A question right necessary to be moued, For therby many errors shall be reproued, It were a great errour for any man to beleue That your loue dyd deserue that Christ shold forgeue Your synnes or trespasses, or any synne at all: For so to beleue is an errour sanaticall. And how can your loue desyre forgiuenesse of your yl Seing that the law it is not able to fulfill? The law thus commaundeth as touchyng loue: Thou shalt loue thy Lord God as it doth behoue, With al thy hert, with al thy soule, & wt al thy strēgth, And thy neighbor as thy self. He saith also at length: There was neuer man borne yet that was able, To performe these preceptes iust, holy, and stable, Saue onely Iesus Christ, that lambe most innocent Which fulfilleth the law for suche as are penitent: But loue foloweth forgiuenesse of synnes euermore, As a fruict of faith, and goth not before, In that parable which vnto you he recited, Wherin he declared your sinnes to be acquited, He called you a detter not able to pay.