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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19425	None but Christ, none but Christ Intimating, that in Him, who is the Lord of Lords, and Prince onely, is to be found, the full and absolute cure of mans misery.	Cotton, Clement.	1629 (1629)	STC 5852; ESTC S117710	20,714	113

not yet felt th● spirituall sicknesse and also somewhat to refresh the memory of th●se who haue here is in a short summe discouered vnto thee some of the maladies of thy soule shewing thee how Christ is both the Physician and medicine of them seuerally as the title giuen to the Booke None but Christ none but Christ giues thee to vnderstand Touching the which if thou wouldest I should yeeld thee a reason then know that I tooke it not vp at randome but as I found them the words and those the last words of a constant Martyr of Christ Iohn Lambert by name which as I conceiue beeing vttered by him as the triumphant voice of faith after that hee had through the power of Christ put to flight the feare of Hell Sinne and Death c. as by doubling of them may appeare So by way of imitation I thinke them not tying any to sillables well beseeming the thoughts and speeches also of euery Christian vpon safe and sure grounds as in their dayly so euen in their last conflicts to be taken vp and vsed Not as if heereby it were my meaning to exclude See Ioh. 3.16 Titus 3.5 or shut out either the Father or the holy Ghost from hauing an hand in the worke of our saluation as well as Christ but attributing the same to him onely Rom. 8.34 as to the sole meritorious cause thereof And so I bid thee heartily farewell Thine in Christ C.C. NONE BVT CHRIST 1 Fall I Am fallen in a Rom. 5.12 Amos 7.2.5 Adam I am falne I am fallen Oh! who shall raise mee None but Christ who as hee is set for thy vprising Lke 2.34 so is hee b Heb. 7.25 perfectly able to c Ioh. 10.28 29. keep thee that thou fall not againe from thine owne stedfastnesse Iud. 24. 2 Guilt By my fall I haue offended au d Ier. 23.24 Psa 139.7 infinite Maiestie and who shall plead for mee 1 Samuel 2.25 None but Christ who beeing also an e Isai 63.1 Act. ●0 28 Isai 53.5 6 infinite Maiesty Rom. 9.5 hath by his owne bloud fully satisfied the iustice of his Father for thy offence this way committed against him 1 Pet. 2.24 Ephesians 5.2 f Iam. 4.3 Rom. 5.10 8.7 3 Enmity This offence hath bred enmitie betweene God and me Col. 1.20 21. who is meete to reconcile vs None but Christ 2 Cor 5.19 who by his g Rom. 3.25 Col. 1.20.21 blood hath not onely made perfect peace betweene God and thee but hath so ratified and confirmed the same Ephes 2. ●6 17. that nothing shall bee euer able to disolue it 4 Strangenesse This enmity hath bred h Eph. 4.18 strangenesse betweene God and mee Coloss 1.21 and who shall bring me into fellowship with him again i Ioh. 1.3 5 ● 7. k 1 Cor. 1.9 1 Pet. 3.18 None but Christ hath who suffered for sinnes the iust for the uniust not onely that hee might bring thee to God but hath also so l Rom. 5.2 setled this fellowship betweene him and thee who art by faith ingrafted into him that none shall bee euer able to breake it off againe Ioh. 1.12 Gal. 3.26 27. Ier. 32.40 Rom 8.35 5 Filth But alas m Iob 15.16 Leu. 13.45 Psal 51.5 I am vncleane I am vncleane For behold I was borne in iniquitie and in sinne hath my mother conceiued mee and who now shall cleanse mee Iob 14.4 n Zac. 13.1 None but Christ who not onely is that Lambe of God who taketh away the o Signifying that original sinne which is the fountaine of all sinne See Luke 2.23 sinne or the world Ioh. 1.29 but was also borne holy and conceiued by the p And thus we find in our nature that holinesse which by nature we want holy Ghost Luke 1.35 to couer the impurity of thy conception and birth Heb. 2.10 6 Darknesse And thus as a woefull wight Isai 60.2 Mat. 4.16 Ioh. 1.5 1 Ioh. 5.19 sit I in double darknesse hauing iustly lost by this my sorrowfull downefall with the q 2 Cor. 44. Deu. 29 20 light of Gods Image Eph. 4.18 the light of Gods countenance and who now shall bee a light vnto mee r Luk. 1.79 None but Christ who is come a light into this world to the end that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not onely not abide in darknesse Ioh. 12.46 but might also haue the light of life Ioh. 8.12 7 Dead Not onely am I ſ Ioh. 1.5.8 Ephes 5.8 drenched in this wofull darkenesse but therein by nature I lie t Ephe. 2.5 Mat. 4.16 starke dead in trespasses and sinnes who shall now quicken me u Ioh. 5.25 None but Christ who is not onely come that thou mightest haue life 2 Tim. 1.1 that also in abundance Ioh. 10.10 but so to confirm thee in this life if thou beleeue in him that thou shalt neuer dye Ioh. 11.25 14 19. Beleeuest thou this 8 Corrupt But I sensibly feele to my vtter vndoing I feare that the diuell hath shed in to my whole man Rom. 6.6 Col. 2.11 the venome and poison of his cursed nature Ioh 8.44 Rom. 7.24 who shall cure me of it None but Christ who came not onely to lose the workes of the diuell in thee 1 Ioh 3.8 but which more is to make thee partaker of the diuine x Not of the substance but of the diuine qualities nature 2. Pet. 1.4 Heb. 12.10 9 Bondage And to this vile corruption am I by nature a seruant and z Ioh. 8.34 wretched bond-man who shall free mee from so wofull a slauery Rom. 7.15 None but Christ who came not onely to preach deliuerance to such miserable captiues as thou art Luke 4.18 but that in setting thee free thou mightest be a That is that we might haue not a fained ●●t a true liberty and freedom from all infernall foes free indeed Ioh. 8.36 10 Penury A man may haue light life and liberty and yet perish for lacke of foode who shall furnish my poore b Psa 106.15 affammished soule with that Reuel 3.17 None but Christ who first if thou beest athirst bids thee come to him and drinke of the water of life Ioh. 7.37 and that c Isa 55.1 Reu. 22.17 freely not for a while to quench thy thirst but that in drinking of the water which hee shall giue thee thou mightest d That is such shal never be so thirsty but the spirit of grace as an euerliuing fountaine will be at hand to satisfie their thirst See Ioh. 7.38 neuer be more athirst seeing it shall be in thee a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life Ioh. 4.13.14 7.38 And hee also is that bread of life which came downe from heauen Ioh. 6.48 51. of which if by faith thou spiritually eatest it shall not only preserue thy soule from famishing and death but shall

thee Hos 14.8 and obserued thee And though I bee the high and loftie one Isai 57.15 that inhabiteth the eternity whose Name is Holy dwelling in the high and holy place yet doe I also dwell with them that are of a contrite and humble spirit to reuiue the spirit of the humble and to reuiue the heart of the contrite ones Isai 30 1● I will be gracious vnto thee at the voice of thy cry I haue heard thee and will answer thee Because thou hast set thy loue vpon me Psal 98.14 therefore I will deliuer thee I will set thee on high because thou hast knowne my Name Yea hee that loueth mee Ioh. 14.21 shall bee also loued of my Father and I according to thy request will manifest mine owne selfe vnto thee very meet it is that all men should honour the Son Isai 49.14 euen as they honour the Father for hee that honoureth not the Sonne honoureth not the Faeher which sent him Iohn 5.23 And though to thy seeming thou art now and then neglected of mee yet can I not forget thee ouer-long Isai 54.7 it is but for a moment for for a small moment haue I forsaken thee but with euerlasting compassions will I haue mercy vpon thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer Psal 84.11 I wil be both Sunne and shield vnto thee I will giue grace and glory nor shall any good thing at any time bee wanting at all vnto thee 1 Pet. 1.13 onely hope to the end for that grace which is brought vnto thee Humble thy selfe daily to walke in all the exercises of piety and true charity Mich. 6.8 Take vp the crosse cheerefully which I shall it may bee daily lay vpon thee Luk. 9.13 And when thou art ready to sinke come vnto me Mat. 14.30 For I will assure thee on my faith full word they sh●ll not for euer bee ashamed Is●i 49 ●4 who haue the grace to wait for mee Cast not away then thy confidence which hath promise of great reward Heb. 10.35 Poor soul wherefore diddest thou doubt Mat. 14.31 But I see thou hast neede of patience Heb. 10.36 that after thou hast endeuoured to doe my will heere on earth thou mightest receiue the promise Luk. 21.2 By patience therefore possesse thy soule I will stand by thee I will neither leaue thee nor forsake thee Hebrewes 13.5 Thou art as deare vnto mee Zech. 2.8 as the apple of mine eye Thou shalt bee couered in the shadow of mine hand Mine Angels shall attend thee Psalm 91.11 Isai 51.16 my grace shall bee sufficient for thee my presence shall go with thee Exo. 33.14 neither shall my Spirit nor Word depart away from thee Isaiah 59.21 When thou art tempted I will succour thee Hebrew 2.18 Isai 40.29 when thou faintest I will sustaine thee If thou offend against my heauenly Father 1 Ioh. 2.1 Rom. 8.34 the merit of my satisfaction and intercession shall euermore pleade thy cause at the throne of grace for thee I am returned vnto thee Zech. 8.3 I will no more be terrible vnto thee Ier. 17.17 Isai 57.16 for so the Spirit should faile before me and the soule which I haue made Wherefore comfort thy selfe with these words 1 Thes 4.19 Goe eat thy bread with ioy and drinke thy wine with a merry heart Eccles 9.7 for God now accepteth thy workes Nor shall it bee long yer thou with the residue of those who loue and long for my appearing enter into thy Masters ioy Mat. 25.21 where is fulnesse of ioy and life for euermore So saith Amen Reu. 3 14. the faithfull and true witnesse Amen and Amen FINIS THE SICKE MAN 's A B C. In Questions and Answers Written purposely for such as long after a sanctified vse of Gods Fatherly corrections With a short admonition touching the heart PSAL. 94.12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastisest O Lord and teachest him in thy Law LONDON Printed by Io. Beale for Na. Newbery and are to be sold at the Star in Popes head Alley 1629. To the Christian Reader THe hand of the Lord hath been long stretched out against vs in this Citie by sending sundry sorts of diseases and sicknesses amongst vs where of my selfe of late haue had some experience To ma●y these haue prooued mortall and deadly and this it is that hath moued mee to pen these few lines following I grant they are appropriated especiall● to the person of the sicke yet so that the whole should not be excluded from reaping benefit thereby which if by Gods grace they attaine th●n haue I the end of my labour And so I euer rest Thy faithfull welwiller in Christ C. C. The Sicke Man 's A B C. Q. WHat art thou by nature A. Oh Sir a a Rom. 5 12 sinner a b Psal 51.5 sinner a c Iob 40.4 vile and an abominable sinner Iob 1● 6 Q The soule that sinneth must d Ezek. 18.20 die Thou knowest there is no escaping for thee A. I will not hide my sinne as e Iob 31.33 Adam did but with Dauid I will f Psal 32.5 confesse it and with Iob I wil repent in dust and ashes for it Iob 42.6 Q. Say thou doe so thou art not ignorant that sinne and death will still be dogging of thee at the heeles A. I doe not greatly feare what sinne and death can doe against me Heb. 2.14 15. Q. Why I pray thee A. Because I haue to deale with a gracious God Q. Who told thee that Exod. 34.6 A. Euen his owne selfe Q. Hee is also a deuouring fier Isai 33.14 Heb. 10 27 A. Hee is so but it is to his enemies and to them that perish Q. Mayst thou not also perish A No I cannot beleeue it Q. Wherefore A. Because Iesus Christ by his bloud hath k Rom. 3.25 pacified Gods anger toward mee Q. How could the blood of Christ effect it A. Because hee was l Act. 20 2● God that shed it Q. But hee shed it not for thee A. Oh yes yes 1 Tim. 1.15 Q. Why for thee A. Because Sir I do from the very hart root m Psa 51.2 Luk. 18.13 long after the sauing and healing vertue of it Eph. 1.7 1 Iohn 1.7 Luke 8.13 Q. Possible this thy longing will not be lasting A. Yes by Gods grace Phil. 3.12 whilest I haue any breathing Q. Well I must needs thus farre for thy comfort yeeld vnto thee that Christ by his death hath giuen sinne and death their doome so as resting vpon that thou hast professed they cannot hurt thee But yet thou art not restored for all that into Gods fauour wherein alone consisteth life and true happinesse Psal 30.5 A. I expect and looke for that onely by his o 2 Cor. 5.21 Rom. 8.33 and 10.4 imputing vnto me Christs perfect righteousnesse Q. Thou talkest