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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16834	A sermon, preached at Paules Crosse on the Monday in Whitson weeke Anno Domini. 1571 Entreating on this sentence Sic deus dilexit mundum, vt daret vnigenitum filium suum, vt omnis qui credit in eu[m] non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. So God loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that al that beleue on him shoulde not perysh, but haue eternall life. Iohn. 3. Preached and augmented by Iohn Bridges.	Bridges, John, d. 1618.	1571 (1571)	STC 3736; ESTC S109682	109,364	184

thyng for the abuse Thys doctryne beeyng ryghtlye vsed is so farre from anye inducemente to dispayre or presumption that it is the moste excellente Triacle that canne bee receyued to expell the vyolence of bothe these poysons there is no suche medicine but maye bee so euell geuen or taken that it maye worke a contrarye effect but take the medicine as it should be taken and no wise or learned man wil disalow it The Corinthians dyd so vnworthely receaue the Lordes Supper that they eate and dranke theyr owne damnation And for this cause many were sick and weake among them and many died shal none therfore receaue it yea shall it not be offered to all so many abuse this doctrine of Gods election and reprobation euen to their owne damnation shall we not therfore receaue it at al yea had not all the more daunger the more nede to knowe howe to receyue it rightly The Papists snatche at the ensamples of those that haue hurt them selues by it and alledge gladly against vs what inconueniences may ensue hereof but they tell not of the good that cōmeth of it and howe many are confirmed in their faith therby where as the euyl is not of this doctrine but of the diuell and their abusage Euen as Christe him selfe is an offence and stomblyng blocke an occasion of warre and persecution not of himself but by the wickeds not taking or mistaking of him This doctrin rightly taughte and so receaued firste sheweth vs what of our selues we be children of wrathe enimies of God an heape of sin deseruers of damnation and euen a worlde of wickednesse we are the worlde This consideration is terrible and woulde bring vs in deede to desperation if it wente no further but it goeth further it sheweth vnto vs the comfortable sight of Gods mercie that hath taken vs out of the world and made vs inheritours of another worlde Neither that this matter hangs in doubt but is already certainely doone and ratified in the booke of life Gods eternall purpose that cannot be changed Nowe for me to doubte that cannot be changed now for me to doubtewhether I am one of this choise number or no I haue no sutche cause lest of all to thinke I am one of the reprobate and so dispaire I learne no sutch thinge by this doctrine neither ought I to iudge my self at all mutch lesse before the time of iudgemēt come and then let Chryst be my iudge in the meane time I haue good cause to hope the beste where I know not the worste for I haue Christ on my side if he be with vs who can be against vs Christ iustifieth who can condemne And for warrant of Christ I haue his word and Sacramentes I heare them and receaue them And Christ hath sayde Qui ex Deo est Verba De●… audit propterea nos non auditis quia ex Deo nō estis In whiche wordes he not only comforteth me by an infallible token that I heare his word which reprobates doo not but also confirmeth my fayth in this Article that I heare it bycause I am of god I am not of God bicause I heare it for then myghte I haue cause to doubte if my beeing of God depended on my hearyng but my beeyng of God is grounded on him and therof springeth my obedience of hearing his worde to bee a witnesse to confirme me that I am of god Yea I ●…ecken so muche the more that I am of God that the diuel tempteth me to despaire He saith to me Thou art of the number of the damned and although in the secrete iudgements of God he know no more than I knowe no nor so mutche bycause I feele Gods spirite testifying to my spirite the assurance of Gods fauour Yet bicause he assayleth me with this most sharpe temptation I knowe he is mine enimie and he being mine enimie I know I am none of his I am Gods betweene whome and Belial there is no conuention but enimitie and tentation Now then he thus assayling me as I feare him not being in the hande of Christe and thence can not hee nor all the diuels in hell fetche me I reason boldely out of the hande of Christe that the diuel my tempter is a lier and was from the begynnyng chiefely when hee speakethe his owne but this is his owne when he sayth I am damned from whence hath he it he is not Gods counsellour therfore it is his owne deuise euen therfore it is a lie and it being a lye it foloweth then am I the elect childe of God to be saued And thus his temptation driueth not me to desperation but makes me so much the more surer of my saluation But now that the diuell can not doo by desperation he assayeth by presumption For euen thus he assaulted Iesus Christ first to driue hym to dout whether he were the sonne of God in his fauour or no and to make him feare that he should perish Wherin when he preuayled not but was ouerthrowne euen by this confidence that wee ought to haue of the prouidence of GOD then hereon he tooke occasion to tempte Christ by presumption That where he certainly assured hym selfe to be the chylde of God and so depended on his prouidence that he knewe hee coulde not perishe Upon this woulde the diuell haue drawne hym to presume by presumption of the certentie of Gods protection to haue hurled downe hym self hedlong and forsake the meanes of descending downe that God hadde appoynted But Chri●…te confuted him saying Non tentabis dominum ●…eū tuum Thou shalte not tempt the Lorde thy God And euen thus when he can not by this doctrine breede wanhope in vs as he dothe to somin●… and the Papistes woulde bring vs all to the ner●…e dore by of continuall doubte then he sturreth vs vp to presumption that if we bee chosen alreadie and our names enrolled the matter purposed and ratified and can not be changed then needest thou not feare to doe what thou wilte to liue as thou lust What nedest thou take paynes why suffrest thou affliction what nedest thou to praye why sholdest thou go to sermons what nedest thou do any good why ensuest thou not thy pleasure why liuest thou in nede why killest thou not thy selfe thou art sure of Heauen alredy and shalt streight ways be in glory whatsoeuer thou lust to do thus doth the Deuil tempt the children of God euen by this holsom doctrin many that ar amōg vs but not of vs Ex●…erūt è nobis sed nō fue●…ūt è nobis for if they had bē of vs they wold haue cōtinued with vs These whom the diuel setteth on this hil top hee maketh in dede to presume as he himself once did plucketh thē down hedlōg into al mischief as he himself was hurled doun into al misery ▪ this he doth I grant and herein the Papists sar true that he doth it by occasiō of this