William Roye’s Dialogue between a Christian Father and liis stubborn Son. 441
through mercy obteyned yn hyme, we sliall perpetually j. Co. xv.
[fol. 18 b .] live, and with hym aryse agayne. seynge he bo. iuj.
was delivered for oure synnes, and rose agayne the thryde
daye to iustyf’y vs. And as s. peter sayth, once soffered j. Pet. üj.
for synns, the iust for the vniust, so to bringe vs to god. and
was killed as pertaynynge the üesshe, and yett was quickened
in the sprete. Wherfore my dere sonne, yf we be risen agayne
with Christ, lett vs seke tliose thynges which are above wheare
as he sitteth on the right honde of god his father. So. coi. üj.
What comforte fyndest thou here in? Fat. Marvelous grett with
outen fayle. For loke as I surly knowe that he soffered j. p e t. üj.
deatli for my synnes, and that it was vnpossible that he bo. T j.
shulde remayne therin. even as sure am I, that by his death
satisfaction sufficient is made, wherby both hell and death are
overcome. And therfore shulde we no lenger continewe coi. ij.
in death. but in renewynge of oure lyfe, fervently laboure for
immortalite. which is, wheare as ho ascended vp into heven,
and sitteth on the ryght honde of god the father allmygthy.
Tliis artikle have we in the fyrst chapter of the Actes. In
hevenly thynges, and on the right honde of god, are as moche
to saye, as he is constitute in the most excellent power of god
above all hevens, and angels. that he [fol. 19*.] mygt fulfill
all thynges. which are here beneth. That is to saye, E P h. iüj.
that with his sprete and gostly gyftes, he ordre, rule, and
governe vs. wherby remayneth vnto me, in tyme of aduersite,
and temptacion a grett staye and conforte. For as moche as
I consider that Christ so entierly 1 hath loved me, that bo. uy.
he hath geven his owne silfe for my sake, what canne nowe
be lackynge vnto me? or what evill maye fortune vnto me.
seynge that he which so affecteously hath loved me, is
kynge and lorde over all that is on erthe here beueathe,
or in heven above wheare as he nowe is. and from Ma.. xxviij.
whence (as I faythfully beleve) he sliall come to iudge botlie
quicke and ded. He cam once to brynge vs through hym
vnto the father. That is to saye, he sett vs (which were
his fathers enenemies, 2 and bondmen vnto the devill) attone
agayne with hyme. makynge of a crewel iudge a mercifull
father, by the meanes that he made satisfaction for oure synnes,
1 entirely.
2 ennemies.
