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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08770	The compasse of a Christian directing them that be tossed in the vvaues of this vvorlde vnto Christ Iesus.	A. P., fl. 1582.	1582 (1582)	STC 19054; ESTC S102898	60,800	156

The compasse of a Christian directing them that be tossed in the vvaues of this vvorlde vnto Christ Iesus Matthew xj Chap. 28. v. Come vnto mee all yee that trauaile and are heauie laden and I well refresh you c. LONDON Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harison the yonger dwelling in Pater noster rowe at the signe of the golden Anc●r● 1. CAP. A description of the naturall corruption wherewith mankinde is infected by the contagion of sinne 2. CAP. By what meanes maens corruptiō is made knowne vnto him and of the endes of the Lawe 3. CAP. Man knowinge his corruption by the Lawe is thereby humbled and drawne to repentance and prepared to recei●● the promisses of the Gospell 4. CAP. Of faith and the nature and effectes t 〈…〉 of offred in the Gospell To the right worshipfull his singuler good benefactour M. William Webbe Alderman and Shriue of London A. P. wisheth al ioy peace both of body and soule with happines in the Lords euerlasting AFter I had called into my remēbrance your worships great liberalitie and bountifulnes towards me at sondrie times and on thother side my own ingratitude vnthankfulnesse for the same I began to thinke with my selfe that there was some christian duetie neglected of me which ought of necessitie to haue beene performed The consideration whereof hath moued me to put my penne vnto paper and to write as foloweth hoping therby although not fullie to recompēce your goodnesse towards me which I am neuer able yet to discharge some parte of christian duetie by shewing my selfe thankfull vnto you againe for the same Not by presēting anie ●arthlie gift which I am not able neither sure I am do you looke for anie such thing at my hand but rather by bestowing vpō your worship a litle handfull of spirituall and heauenlie crommes which I who am a poore wretch haue through earnest prayer found and gathered vp vnderneath the table of the Lord. And therefore although they be but fewe and verie smale yet be cause they are such as were onelie takē from his Table I do not doubt but that you will accept of them Crommes also I call them because they are nourishing and such as do feede although not the bodie to a temporal life yet both soule bodie vnto a spirituall and heauenlie life which is not for a time but euerlasting if they be eaten with the teeth of a true faith which worketh by loue disgested in the stomake by the heate of perfect patience constant perseuerance therein vnto the end And thus being receiued it is no matter how small the quantitie bee which we receiue of it Knowe you not what is written a litle Leauen leaueneth the whole Math. ●● lumpe of down What is smaler in the whole world thē a litle graine of mustard seede yet if the same be sowne in fruitfull grounde the increase is wonderfull for it groeth vp to a great tree that the fowl● of heauen maie make theire nestes in the branches thereof To these such like similitudes is the worde of God compared which sheweth vnto vs the efficacie strēgth therof For the seede of the worde of god is so pretious of such power that if neuer so small a graine thereof do fall on the ground of an hūble heart it bringeth forth fruit verie plentifull 30. 40. 60. 100. fold c. according to the wisdome of the sower the goodnes of the groūd which it is sowed vpon For let vs hold this alwaies as a certaine rule that there is neuer anie fault to be found in the sower nor in the pretious seede of the worde which is sowne but the fault if there be anie must needes be founde out in the grounde which receiueth it which if there be path waies it lyeth Luke ● a loft and can not enter but the foules of heauen take it awaie or if it be stonie ground which receiueth the same it hath a litle ētrance but lacketh roote therfore as soone as the sunne of persecution cōmeth vpon it the same withereth also can not prosper or els if the groūd be thornie the thornes growe vp with the seede choake the same so that it can not bring forth fruite accordinglie By the path waies is ment either those Papistes vvhose heartes are so hard troden with the feete of mens traditions and are so farre ouertaken with the credite of man his vaine imaginations that the worde can take no place in thē or els those Atheistes which are of no religion and therefore come to the seruice of God rather of custome then of conscience to profit thereby By the stonie grounde is ment those mouth gospellers which seeme in the time of peace to bee verie religiouse but when ani● trouble or daunger commeth then they fal awaie and do not continue because it was onelie in theire mouthes and not in theire heartes which is the rooting place where it ought chieflie to haue bene And by the thornie grounde we vnderstand those couetous men of the world which haue a greater care to become rich then righteous and therefore oftentimes preferre the Luke 5. ve● trieing of theire Oxen before the Lordes table yea and they desire Christ to depart out of their coastes before they woulde beare the losse Mark 5. ver of theire swine Well then these things being well weighed and considered vpon maie bee a good meane to procure vs vvith more circumspection to looke into our selues and search out the ground of our owne heartes before we come to the reading and hearing of the vvord preached lest we beinge anie of these vnfruitfull groundes shoulde returne without profitte nay that which is more euen worse then when we came vnto it for it is vnpossible that the word light for vs to examine ou● affections by frō the which euerie worke doth proceed and so we findinge the Lord to be the heade Springe from whom floweth all the good vvhich vve doe may in euerie of our vvorkes confesse our ovvne vnprofitablenesse and so bring vnto him in all and euerie of our vvorks that acceptable Sacrifice of a contrite broken heart which he vvill neuer despise c. 〈◊〉 ●1 1● The Lord vvho is rich in mercy greate in glorie heape vpon your worshippe the riches of his grace blesse and sanctifie you both in body and soule and happely finish that which he hath in you so gratiously begonne to the glory of his name and your owne comforte in Iesu Christ our Lord. Amen London 1582. May. 26. Your worshipes most humble 〈◊〉 commaundement A. P. A Description of the natural corruption wherewith mankind is infected by the contagion of sinne IT is a verie lamentable thing to behold● that bottomles sink● of corruption and sin which lyeth h●d in mā● nature and yet farre more lamentable to behold his gross● and monstrous blindnes which is so palpable y● although there be no sparkell of goodnes