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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07162	Andrewes repentance, sounding alarum to returne from his sins vnto Almightie God. Perfectly guiding all those that hope to bee saued, in the direct way of repentance, whereby they may attain eternall life: : newly made in the autumne or declining of his age ...	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1631 (1631)	STC 589.5; ESTC S90287	12,430	24

him l Iob 13.15 And thus with a true affection and desire of heart m Ioh. 4.23 24. Psal 145.18 through the inward féeling of our miseries n 2 Chron. 20.21 Psal 2.11 Esay 66.2 you must cast your selues downe prostrate in the presence of Almightie God o Rom. 10.14 and build your selues on this sure foundation p Iam. 1.6 that yée though farre vnworthie yet for Iesus Christ his sake are certainly heard of God q Ioh. 14.13 euen as he hath promised in his word r Mat. 7.7 8. Mat. 11.24 Luk. 11.9 Ioh. 16.24 And withall you must bée so feruent with God in your dayly prayers for the forgiuenesse of your sinnes that yée must with Iacob euen wrestle with God ſ Gen. 32.26 and neuer let the Lord goe vntill he blesse you but with sighs groanes and teares t Iam. 4.9 Deut. 14.5 bewaile your sinnes beg for his mercies and that so entirely as it were for life and death yea wéepe for your sinnes like Mary Magdalen u Ioh. 20.15 and powre forth flouds of teares like Ezechia * 2 King 20.3 vntill yée doe so you shall neuer haue peace nor quietnesse of conscience neither any sound comfort of Gods holy Spirit in you Thus all those which haue truly repented and continued in newnesse of life are spiritually renati et iustificati borne againe in righteousnesse and iustified from sin wherefore I conclude with this beléefe that I doe fully hope through the merits of Iesus Christ to be saued and am resolued that eternall life belongs not vnto others only but vnto me also so that Christ died for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification and that God who gaue him for me gaue me all things with him Rom. 8.32 If all things then he gaue me eternall life This is my faith and from this faith permanet in facto mens mea firma suo feares shall not compell me lachrymae voluuntur inanes and teares shall not moue me to change my minde Quia mens immota manet for I am fully resolued neuer to alter it and I doe rest in hope and am alwayes waiting for the accomplishment thereof Now whereas I haue laid open the certainty of mans saluation as farre and as faire as I can by the authority of Gods word I purpose in this second Chapter by the helpe of God to set forth the doctrine of repentance and shew the necessity thereof and so conclude according vnto this Text of Scripture Matth. 3.2 Repent yee GOod Christian Readers if yée looke thorow the whole booke of God from the Alpha of Genesis vnto the Omega of the Reuelation you shall finde scarce any Text to be shorter than this yet howsoeuer there is none more néedfull nor any more profitable neither doth the Holy Ghost so much labour in all the Scripture as he doth to draw men vnto repentance Repent yee a Ezech. 18.21 Eccles 8.21 22. Ier. 18.11 Acts 17.30 2 King 17.13 Ier. 25.5 Acts 11.18 Luk 3 3. Ier 36.3 Mat. 3.2 8. 2 Pet. 3.9 Mat. 4.14.17 Act. 2.38 Hos 14.1 2. Esay 31 6. Mal. 3.7 Ezech. 33.11 Ierem. 4.14 Esay 1.16 Esay 55.7 Luk. 13 3. 2 Chro. 33.6 Great néed requires great haste and the wound that is déepest hath néed of the diligentest cure so that the longer I haue continued in sinne the more earnestly I doe returne vnto my God by repentance for repentance ought to bring forth as much sorrow as sinne gaue delight example in Manasses b Manass pr. Mary Magdalen c Luk. 7.18 and the like Saint Augustine was a great sinner and wrote many bookes of repentance which sheweth to whom much is forgiuen they ought to loue much and the greater their sinnes are the more néed they haue of repentance Repent yee And I which am the vnworthiest of all men haue wrote for the benefit of others as well as my selfe almost all the bookes that euer I made concerning repentance and the longer I haue written of it the more tender my heart is and the more earnest my desire is to returne vnto my God by repentance and amendment of life in the which I pray God to gire me his grace to continue vnto my liues end And as a Traytor that is condemned to die if he loued his Prince he would goe neare to breake his heart with griefe to thinke that he should be so villanous vnto so gracious a Prince that would forgiue al● his fact if he would but aske for pardon become a new man and true subiect vnto him Euen so it is with me through griefe for my sinnes each time I behold Gods mercies towards me a miserable and most wretched sinner in sparing me so long and giuing me such a large time of repentance Repent yee Duo verba duo luminaria These two words are like the two great lights in Heauen a Gen. 1.16 which serue to direct vs in all our wayes they are the Supersedeas and discharge of sin b Iam. 3.5 Mat. 12.41 Luk. 11.32 Esay 1.16 Gen. 50 17. 2 Pet. 3.9 Ezech. 18.20 21. Mal. 13.7 Esay 55.7 Zach. 1.3 Ezech 33.5 Esay 56.2 Ier. 4.14 through the merits of Iesus Christ c 1 Pet 1 18 19. Heb 9.14 Reuel 1.5 And the cause of vnity betwéene God and man They are Imperatoria breuitas a Lord-like breuity T is short for feare lest mans brittle memory should come short of it and it is the full weight of a few words Virtus maxima in mole minima very much in a little And they are more precious than any pearle or pure gold and as néedfull to direct me that made this booke as you that reade it wherefore if euer wée hope to be saued we must needs forsake our sinnes and with all humility returne vnto God by repentance according vnto my Text Repent yee For as God is mercifull vnto the penitent sinner g Exod. 34.5 6 7. Psal 145 9. Exod. 20 6. he also sheweth his iustice vnto the reprobate h Deut 32.4 Psal 55.6 Exod. 20.7 Nahum 1.2 3. VVisd 14.9 whose anger vnto them is most dreadfull i Psal 18 7. Reuel 6 15. Heb. 12.16 Odio est Deo impius impietas eius God hateth the wicked man and his wickednesse too k Pro. 15.8 9 29. 1 Ioh. 3.8 Pro 11.6 Pro. 1.28 Yea their very thoughts l Wisd 1.9 Mar. 12.36 words and works m Rom. 1.18 Psal 5.6 Exod 20.5 Ephes 5 6. God hateth and therefore without repentance there is no saluation n Luk. 13.3 Esay 59 2. Mal 1.2 Againe Inanis poenitentia quam sequens culpa de nouo iterat Vaine is that repentance which an after fall defileth It auaileth a man nothing to aske of God for pardon of his sinnes and fall like an hog into the mire of his sinnefull life afresh againe Wherefore if yée will truly repent yée must forsake all your sinnes for euer and returne